"Whenever you take anything from the earth, remember to leave an offering." Joe Coyhis Stockbridge-Munsee
I
had always believed in a Power greater than myself. I had often pondered
these things. I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means
blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a
cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere. My intellectual heroes, the chemists,
the astronomers, even the evolutionists, suggested vast laws and forces at
work. Despite contrary indications, I had little doubt that a mighty
purpose and rhythm underlay all. How could there be so much of precise and
immutable law, and no intelligence? I simply had to believe in a Spirit of
the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation. But that was as far as
I had gone. Big Book pg. 10 Great Mystery help us to be thankful for your gifts.
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