I believe there are no limits for man in the world. He can see forever and he will achieve more than can ever be believe and yet while he will create, the darkness that hides in every man will destroy and matters of the spirit will be pushed aside in his rush to achieve. His learning will continue to be hard and deadly. There is something ignoble about mankind. Such an ugly notion, but I fear man's savagery and greed and his capacity to abuse. When you read Euripides, Menander and Theophrastus, Sophocles and Oedipus one realises how little mankind has changed in the intervening years. Human problems are complex but all the trouble in the world is human trouble. All the cruel and malicious indifference confronted has a human face and soul. We are at best indifferent and at worst wantonly cruel. We are all still savages at heart. Reading D.H. Lawrence last week I came across these words which have relevance in today's world:

"What have the leaders of men been doing to their fellowmen?
They have reduced them to less than humanness; and now there
can be no more fellowship any more!"

It's hard to come to terms with human reality, its impact and complexity. Life has coherence, strange but undeniable. We all have to live with humour and honesty, courage and care and acceptance not only of ourselves but others. It is my belief that each and every one of us is the key not only to the universe but also to God.