I was not excited to see this guy named C. S. Lewis at my college today. It is only because I have heard so many lectures about life; what is is, what it isn't, or what is should be. I got settled in the snug, cushioned forum room chair and waited for Mr. Lewis to start his redundant speech. As it turned out, Mr. Lewis brought up points that I had not heard before. He said life is made up of Rings, and people "desire to be inside the local Ring and [have] terror [if] left outside [of it]...It is unavoidable."For myself, this means that I have the desire to be apart of something. I learned that it is better to not force myself to be in a certain group because I will naturally fall somewhere. I just need to focus on what I enjoy, and I will fall inside some sort of Ring. For me the Inner Ring means acceptance or inclusion.
Case in point; I attend this group called Easy Good Grub or (EGG). We make food for families that do not have enough to afford food everyday. Everyone in EGG has a similar mindset. We all want to help people and we all love to make food. Mr. Lewis brought up the point that we exclude people who only in the Ring to be in the know or apart of something special. We had this guy try to join our group once. His name was Turner. Turner had no idea how to cook and he hated people who had to be on welfare. He was immediately excluded because he couldn't contribute anything to the group. He just wanted to be in it to learn how to cook and learn why we liked serving poorer people. He wasn't meant for our Inner Ring. He should have just stayed with the rich kid Ring. That one suited him better.
I think that Mr. Lewis is a respectable man. He presented his speech with an advising tone. He even referenced how he was middle-aged and that we might not even care. It is a good thing he came up with an enticing way to present his speech. I listened. I realized that Rings make up our lives and it does not look like they will ever go away.
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