Some of the best people I know seem to live with a great inner certainty about the unfolding of life -- that it is meaningful, and positive, From that foundation, they get throught he tribulations with courage and humor, because their core truth doesn't waver -- they know they will be all right and can make good things happen, and the universe will go along with that.

This certainty also informs the way they communicate, the way they deal with others, and their general grace in living. It is what I think of as faith, in its essence, because I have little patience with labels and icons and the sort of mechanism that formalized religions seem fond of. It is a faith in the power of the universe for good, and it transcends all labels and categories. It is just as true for a Hindu as it is for a Communist. ANd it does not shake easily.



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