Humanity insists on going its own way, and humanity is lost in a maze of confusion. Confusion replaces certainty, and confusion is the food upon which the inner pigs feeds. St. Augustin said that the Lord made us for Himself, and we cannot have peace until we rest in Him. Two thousand years ago, Christ told us if we will place ourselves in God's hands, and obey his divine will, he will remove all anxiety from our lives. He will direct it and lead us into the safe harbor of his bosom.
Anxiety is the gate through which the inner pig emerges.
Le cochon interieur is loose in the land. Unpenned, it will destroy civilization and reduce us to barbarism. He stands ready to do the same for us. All we have to do is ask. Phil Brennan's column appears every Wednesday on the Ether Zone.