By Cardinal John Henry NewmanAs years roll on, little by little one will discover that, after all, he is not, as he imagined, possessed of any real substantial good.
He will begin to find, and be
startled at finding, that the things which once pleased, please less and less,
or not at all. He will be unable to
recall those lively emotions in which he once indulged; and he will wonder why.
Thus, by degrees, the delightful
visions which surrounded him will fade away, and in their stead, melancholy
forms will haunt him, such as crowded round the pool of Bethesda . . . Then a
man will begin to be restless and discontented, for he does not know how to
amuse himself. Before, he was cheerful
only from the natural flow of his spirits, and when such cheerfulness is lost
with increasing years, he becomes evil-natured. He has made no effort to change
his heart — to raise, strengthen, and purify his faith — to subdue his bad
passions and tempers. Now their day is
come; they have sprung up and begin to domineer. . .
Gain healing from troubled
waters. Make up your mind to the
prospect of sustaining a certain measure of pain and trouble in your passage
through life; by the blessing of God this will prepare you for it — it will
make you thoughtful and resigned without interfering with your cheerfulness.
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