its from The Weight of Glory
here is a bit longer version...
when i look at my motives, and why i do stuff, and why other people do things, i realize there is way too much selfishness...which leads to the debate of what our purpose is anyway, which i believe to be to worship God, by giving him control of our lives, through communication and servitude.
without this absolute, we have no purpose, but our own imperfect, mistake prone endeavors...who knows where they may lead...(wars etc.,)
ok. here's the quote.
"It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor. ...It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never met a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it s with immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry , snub, and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors." - C S Lewis
oh, and he's talking about the awe and circumspection of the possibilities..., not the here and now...
