"How is
one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is
fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one
finds darkness not only in one's culture but within
oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life
becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in
its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in
the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of
contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at
once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some
of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out,
making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the
light."
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