Inconvenient truth...

C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors. Besides the famous Chronicles of Narnia, he wrote a lot of Christian books with lots of philosophy thrown in. He also wrote about literature, history, and even some poetry (which I find really great!)

He had a peculiar knack for saying things in the simplest possible way and make you think for hours. He spoke a lot about truth, and I found this interesting quote by him:

"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." 

                                                                          C. S. Lewis 

Looking for truth is inconvenient. It may be painful. Sometimes you'd just rather not know, because it may be too much to bear. But if C.S. Lewis is correct, in the absence of truth you don't get to live blissfully in ignorance. You get wishful thinking and despair. 

Finding your way through the dark to reach truth might be hard, and the truth itself might hurt, but you'll feel liberated and free at the end, and you'll be able to rebuild from there. Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is like closing your eyes when the house is on fire and imagining you're on the beach and the warmth is coming from the sun. 

The only way to true happiness is grounded in truth.