Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. —C.S. Lewis
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”

C.S. Lewis writer, theologian, scholar

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I am trying very hard

Sam from Sac., January 22, 2022

But, it is so hard to let go sometimes.

Anonymous, January 18, 2022

C.S.was an excellent gent. W/an extraordinary mind💚

Merry from Indianapolis IN, April 3, 2019

These 2 sentences say so much truth!!!

sally from tx, February 20, 2019

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