WANT HEAVEN,
EXPECT HELL!
May 1, 2012
Quote for Today
"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth."
George Bernard Shaw [1856-1950], Man and Superman [1903], Act 1
What's your take on George's comment? Does happiness have to have the possibility of unhappiness within reach? What does the Book of Genesis in the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Happiness have to say about this? Does there always have to be a catch? Would marriage be marriage - if a couple didn't have temptations? Would love be as powerful as it is, if we could chose not to love? Does there have to be the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden of our soul? How about the cross? Does that tree have to be there as well?
1 comment:
How about we change the angle of view a bit. "A lifetime of contentment!" A life time of the joy and pain of being human; a lifetime with lemons and lemonaide; a lifetime surrounded by our brothers in all their beauty and wonder and diversity; a lifetime staring at evil until it becomes afraid of you; a lifetime with hurts and someone to help you; a lifetime of helping those who hurt. Maybe a lifetime of happiness just needs a good definition.
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