The Art of Living
It
is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who
think that our life in this world either signifies nothing or has only a
negative significance. If, on the other hand, we believe that we are
living souls, God's dust and God's breath, acting our parts among other
creatures all made of the same dust and breath as ourselves; and if we
understand that we are free, within the obvious limits of moral human
life, to do evil or good to ourselves and to the other creatures-then
all our acts have a supreme significance. If it is true that we are
living souls and morally free, then all of us are artists. -Wendell
Berry
I will stay a day longer
I
believe in the basic goodness of the experience of being alive. This
feeling of inner zest for living, this spiritual awareness that my life
is meant for me, and this gratitude that I feel in my heart for the life
I have been given blow past any inner doubt; they cancel out all the
rest. I am connected to the grand play, to the mystery, to the simple
yet profound awareness that I am alive for another day. I am here to be
all of who I am, I am a co-creator of my universe. I align myself with
the creative forces of this alive and ever-evolving world. My life has
meaning, I am a part of the stream of life; I am here, alive and willing
to do my part.
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