All who come into this life are compelled by the turning wheel of time to pass on. You must keep walking or you will be dragged along. As we travel on our journey we will be met at a fork in the road by Jesus. And he will say to use, “Don’t go to the left. It looks like an easy and delightful road to pass along, but at the end of that way lies ruin. But there is another way which involves innumerable labors, and hardship. This road is difficult to follow but when you reach its end you will experience the very peak of joy.”

–Augustine, Sermon 346A.1