What we have done was hardly a shock to him. He has seen it many times before. Furthermore, he is the only one who has both the power and the will to redeem the situation. The advice of our times can mislead us. We are told, in various ways, To move back to former things is regression.
Faith is an element of childhood.
Belief is something you cling to in your early crises, until you come to a more mature way of coping. In fact, it s the smartest thing you can do at the moment. It is your one route to freedom from the confusion, guilt, shame, and self-doubt that hammer at your sanity. In the ancient world, a well-known legend told about a rather marvelous bird called the phoenix, which lived in splendor in the Far East. Its home was a grove of trees untouched by violence, fear, or grief of any kind, perpetually green and verdant.