Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as i…

C. S. Lewis
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. ✨ C.S. Lewis (1996). Joyful Christian, p.140, Simon and Schuster
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