What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Fearless Faith

Expecting the unexpected

It is a good thing that we don’t have crystal balls. They would come to define our health, our mental prowess and our schedule in unhealthy ways. We would become calendar watchers consumed with fear, unable to stave off impending calamity while blaming others for our sorry lot in life. How fortunate we are, then, to rest innocently in the tension of knowing and not knowing. We are creatures in search of equilibrium, a challenging quest in a busy complicated world.

That is not to say we should shouldn’t anticipate the future. Hopes and dreams and aspirations are built upon and driven by expecta...

 

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