The Moral Vision
Another Day! How Wonderful
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ANOTHER DAY! HOW WONDERFUL
“When you wake up in the morning, jump out of
bed and shout, ‘Great! Another Day!’ you are
success.” This was a view expressed by a prominent
businessman, but it could very well be the scholar,
the sage, the ascetic, depending upon how you
interpret success. Anyone, in fact, who regards the
new day with such optimism is surely well-
equipped, mentally and emotionally, to tackle
whatever life has in store for him. But, whether we
regard the appearance of the new day as one more
joyful occasion for work or not, can we honestly say
that we have ever stopped to ponder over the
miraculous aspect of day following night, for all
eternity, as a result of the earth rotating on its axis
and of the sun’s never ceasing to flood with life-
giving light our ever-changing hemisphere? Have
we ever thought of this alternation of day and night
as a totally unique occurrence, and of this all being
part of the divine pattern which produces such
advantageous conditions for human existence?
Nowhere in the universe, in fact, are there prime
conditions such as we have on earth for the
emergence and development of life as we know it.
