Forgive us Oh Lord, for we do not rest satisfied with the present.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\nWe anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past, to stop its too rapid flight.\u00a0 So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours, and do not think of the only one which belongs to us\u2026 We scarcely ever think of the present; and if we think of it, it is only to make light from it to arrange the future\u2026 the past and present are our means; the future alone is our end.\u00a0 So we never live, but we hope to live; and as we are always preparing to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.<\/em><\/p>\n-Pascal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been rebuked and helped recently by this prayer from Pascal. Forgive us Oh Lord, for we do not rest satisfied with the present.\u00a0 We anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past, to stop its too rapid flight.\u00a0 So …<\/p>\n
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