Wander This World

As you wander this world, you will see many things to make your
heart heavy. You will see good, industrious men living in sludge and
working in squalor. You will see colossal cities, bleak temples to the
gods of greed and chaos. You will see petty politics, artfully framed
and held up as sublime genius. You will come across brushy deserts
where plentiful sweat and art suffice only to wrest a living from the
land. On beautiful tropical islands, you will find that the mosquitoes
carry disease and the people corruption.
But do not confuse appearances with reality. That which dies will be
born. We do not see the seeds which even now find sustenance in the
muck. And that which we do see is as a giant redwood, the creating
roots of which extend deep into the earth. That which is morally dead
will dry out and burn and the noble deserts will be flourishing gardens
in their time. So do not launch like a rocket for the age of rocket is
not yet. Rather, glide like an eagle and the Lord will reward you with
the fish in the sea.