Labyrinth

A labyrinth is not a maze or a puzzle to be solved but a path of meaning to be experienced.

 Its path is circular and convoluted, but it has no dead ends.

 A labyrinth has one entrance -- one way in and one way out.

 When we walk the path, we go around short curves and long curves; sometimes we are out on the edge, sometimes we circle around the center.

 We are never really lost, but we can never quite see where we are going.

Along the path we sometimes move forward with ease and confidence, 

sometimes we creep ahead cautiously, sometimes we find the need to stop and reflect, 

and sometimes we even feel the urge to retreat.

 Indeed, the center is there but our path takes us through countless twists and turns.

Sometimes we are at the heart of our life experiences, sometimes we are at a playful turn; sometimes we share our path with others, and other times we don't. No matter what, we are still on the labyrinth path. It holds all our experiences, in study and in life.

And to draw upon the wisdom of the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus,

 we need to be aware that what looks like an end point can also be a beginning point.

 Indeed, in so many ways, the labyrinth is like life.

As much as we do not know what the future holds, we must have faith in ourselves.  Because future is not certain and we can never predict it. But all of us know that with great hopes, efforts and endless prayers, we can create the future that we want.