If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them? People speak about what is in store. But there is nothing in store. The day is made of what has come before. The world itself must be surprised at the shape of that which appears. Perhaps even God.

The world was new each day for God so made it daily. Yet it contained within it all the evils as before, no more, no less.

For even if you should have stood your ground, he said, yet what ground was it?

I remember in grammar school the teacher asked if anyone had any hobbies. I was the only one with any hobbies and I had every hobby there was... name anything, no matter how esoteric. I could have given everyone a hobby and still had 40 or 50 to take home.

When God made man the devil was at his elbow. A creature that can do anything. Make a machine. And a machine to make the machine. And evil that can run itself a thousand years, no need to tend it.

I don't think goodness is something that you learn. If you're left adrift in the world to learn goodness from it, you would be in trouble.

For things at a common destination there is a common path. Not always easy to see. But there.