INQUIRER: Please teach me the “Secret”
VISIONARY: What secret?
INQUIRER: The secret that few men know, that which when
possessed is of the greatest delight.
VISIONARY: I know no secret
INQUIRER: That couldn’t be! How could it be?
You were supposed to know. For how could you,
how could you be so wise, and how could you shine
with such a glorious light if you knew not the secret
I was seeking for?
VISIONARY: I tell you the Truth. That which you seek
is no secret. That which you seek had been proclaimed
from the rooftops and from the mountaintops. It has been
taught from around the world and preached for centuries
that have passed. But the world sought yet the darkness
and the unseen, a secret that they could grasp better than
that which had already been proclaimed. Men were offered
life and wisdom but they chose to be fools; and so they heard,
but didn’t understand, and so they witnessed, but didn’t really see.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"