25th Nov - 2nd Dec 2007

Life is so full of problems and difficulties, we may think that this is what life is all about; yet we may contemplate that:

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced."

J J van der Leeuw (from ‘The Conquest of Illusion’, Alfred A Knopf, 1928).

Additional Thought

Dag Hammarskjöld , who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 to 1961, wrote a personal journal about his own inner struggle. One entry:

"Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddied? You are the one who must grow up."