The below is from 1930, a letter from C.S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves
"We read of spiritual efforts, and our imagination makes us believe that, because we enjoy the idea of doing them, we have done them. I am appalled to see how much of the change which I thought I had undergone lately was only imaginary. The real work seems still to be done. It is so fatally easy to confuse and aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself--to dream that you have walked, washed, and dressed, & then to find yourself still in bed."
Commentary: I am a big dreamer as are lots of people in the kingdom of God. The problem of course is that so much gets discussed and maybe even put down on paper. The result is that lots gets solved, fixed, and done for God and others (including myself) that is nothing more than smoke, mirrors, and illusion. In short, its all mental gymnastics and happy discussion. Is it not time to go beyond all this useless day-dreaming, throw in all our chips and go do the radical Jesus living that we have all talked of for so long? It is risky, it is scary, you will meet opposition, you will be ridiculed, etc. But someone has to go all in. It has to be me and it has to be you. Let's get out of bed and take the plunge for Him. And remember what was said of Aslan in another writing of Lewis: He's not safe, but He is good.
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