Who Wouldn't Want To Be In The Sun?

Is it that time again? Time for another blog. My how the time flies by between blogs. Not in a good way. It's just work, work, work, laundry, dishes, sleep, work again. Maybe there is also some t.v. time or reading time thrown in there, but nothing to call home about. I know you are all jealous of my life. That was sarcasm if you couldn't tell, but maybe some people really are jealous. Jealous because they have screaming kids all the time or bad health or any number of demands on their time, strength, or money. I live a simple and happy life for the most part. The only thing that keeps it from being perfect, however, is the thought that things can always go from perfect to horrible in a split second. How ironic that the thought of losing perfection destroys perfection. That reminds me of a quote from a book I am reading called Beatrice and Virgil -

"Virgil says,"To my mind, faith is like being in the sun. When you are in the sun, can you avoid creating a shadow? Can you shake that area of darkness that clings to you, always shaped like you, as if constantly to remind you of yourself? You can't. This shadow is doubt. And it goes wherever you go as long as you stay in the sun. And who wouldn't want to be in the sun?"

We all want to 'be in the sun', meaning we want to have faith that we will have a happy life, or faith in a happiness after death if we suffer in life. But as long as we are in the sun there is always that shadow of doubt reminding you of your mortality and making you wonder,"Will this happiness last?"