Yet life can be exciting and joyful. There are countless wonders to explore and people to meet, and the world holds places of breathless beauty. We all have opportunities to love and play, to learn and heal. Our lives are rich with opportunities and our challenge is to live them to the full. All of us can be the creative artists of our lives.
Life can be ecstatic.
There are experiences so profound and meaningful that life and the world seem nothing less than sacred. There are moments of such bliss that they outshine ordinary pleasures as the sun does a firefly, moments of such love and compassion that we fall helplessly in love with all creation. A single such experience can transform your life forever. Richard Bucke was such a person. Born in 1837, he was raised on a remote Canadian farm.