bridges to God

"Those who live only for pleasure become cynical in middle age. A cynic has been defined as one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing....

Once you realize that God is your end...you begin to see that friendship, the joy of marriage, the thrill of possession, the sunset and the evening star, masterpieces of art and music, the gold and silver of earth, the industries and the comforts of life, are all the gifts of God. He dropped them on the roadway of life, to remind you that if these are so beautiful, then what must be Beauty! He intended them to be bridges to cross over to him."

                                                                     -  Fulton Sheen