Aristotle writes that the chief good or 'end' is happiness (Ethics, page 3). I'm thinking clear skies, smiles, safety, all things good.
So what about tragedy? Is there no 'place' or presence or redemption in the depths of darkness? Is the only way to be 'happy' - or at peace - to get out of, away from, all things dark and bad? We paddle, scramble, run and claw ourselves away from the dark; but to relax, relent or be blindsided is to slide back down into the pit... Are you exhausted? Me too. Is there no place of dependable peace, despite circumstances, like peace in a storm? There is a trapdoor to another dimension, another realm. Jesus said, 'I am the door...' (Jn 10:9) Jesus also said that he gives a peace that is different, not the vulnerable type the world gives. (Jn 14:27; Mt 7:24-25) Jesus says we can here and now be 'hidden with him, in God'. (Col 3:3) 'He is kept in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on the Lord.' (Isaiah 26:3)
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