Quando muitos de nós olhamos para trás

e nos interrogamos sobre os, tantas vezes inesperados, caminhos percorridos, eis o que escreveu o poeta Edwin Muir (1887-1959), a propósito do mistério da vida: "As I look back on the part of the mystery which is my own life, my own fable, what I am most aware of is that we receive more than we can ever give; we receive it from the past, on which we draw every breath, but also - and this is a point of faith - from the Source of the mystery itself, by the means which religious people call Grace."