"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don’t agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ”
― C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
If you’re a sci-fi nerd like I am, you’ll immediately recognize the name Wil Wheaton. Wil played Wesley Crusher in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. In recent years Wil has become something of a champion for nerd culture, even earning himself several cameo roles in the geeky sit-com The Big Bang Theory. I’m obviously a huge fan 🙂
A few weeks ago I found out something about Wil that I had never known – he suffers from depression. Here’s a video I came across recently where he describes his experience:
“After you have made a decision that is pleasing to God, the Devil may try to make you have second thoughts. Intensify your prayer time, meditation, and good deeds. For if Satan’s temptations merely cause you to increase your efforts to grow in holiness, he’ll have an incentive to leave you alone.”
– St. Ignatius of Loyola
(Thanks to Anh for this one)