It is enough to have been created, to have embodied for a moment the infinite and tumultuously creative … - Olaf Stapledon

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Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning.

Olaf Stapledon

It is enough to have been created, to have embodied for a moment the infinite and tumultuously creative spirit. It is infinitely more than enough to have been used, to have been the rough sketch for some perfected creation. Looking into the future, I saw without sorrow, rather with quiet interest, my own decline and fall.

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