The Burden

The old masters knew the truth of how it is, while we moderns so easily forget -- or evade -- the wisdom of the ages which so plainly stands forth.
Sept. 12, 1993

"Life is a tragedy." ~ Sir Walter Raleigh

"O life! Thou art a galling load
along a rough, a weary road." ~ Robert Burns

"Our aim should not be so much to live long as to live well." ~ Seneca

"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the great truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. One we truly know that life is difficult -- once we truly understand and accept it -- then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." ~ M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Travelled

"Life is suffering." ~ the first of the Four Noble Truths of Budhha

And yet... and yet...
"O Lord Almighty,
blessed is the man who trusts in you." ~ Psalm 84:11