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“It’s a wonderful life!” ~ Jimmy Stewart

A typical human life is that of random collisions with life altering events whether positive or negative in perception. Perception is the key here. We may not notice an event that alters our humanity, and neither do we always perceive these occurrences to have an impact for the better; nonetheless, we are a product of the happenings of our existence.

“Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out. Neither side is glorious. On either side they're just frightened men messing their pants and they all want the same thing - not to lie under the earth, but to walk upon it - without crutches.” ~ Peter Weiss

Clive Staples Lewis, the author of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is considered to be one of the greatest Christian apologists of the modern era. In his lifetime he wrote over fifty books of fiction and nonfiction including many discourses and lectures on medieval literature. He was a professor at Oxford for nearly thirty years, as well a professor of literature at Cambridge. This is all very interesting in and of itself, but coming closer to the point, many of us know him as the writer of The Chronicles of Narnia and his first installment on that chronicle which was recently cinematized by Disney.

"Stamp Collecting dispels boredom, enlarges our vision, broadens our knowledge, makes us better citizens and in innumerable ways, enriches our lives" – President Franklin D. Roosevelt

In the course of my life, I have had many hobbies. There is much to be said for the notion that having too many interests and not enough focus is somewhat of a downfall, and on reflection, I tend to agree. I will soon be thirty seven years old; I have enjoyed and still enjoy many hobby activities too numerous to mention here. There is one hobby however, my first hobby, which stands above all as being a very special part of my life, and that is my love for philately, the collecting of postage stamps and all that is related to the hobby.