My life arch

I had this vision the other day:

I walk under this great arch, like a triumphal arch. I look up at the reliefs on it. There are scenes of tragic event, people being hurt, tormented. There is a man shown time after time doing something hurtful, wrong or evil. And it's all about me and my life.

The approach and then passage under the arch takes a painfully long time. There is strange light around and the atmosphere is heavy. It's difficult to breathe for some reason. I don't know if I will make it to the other side.

But somehow I do - I walk under the arch and find myself on the other side. I keep walking as I want to get away from the arch as far as possible, as soon as possible. But I turn round to take the last look.

And - to my surprise and relief - I see different kind of scenes here: of when I was kind, helpful and right.

'Evil can be bookish'

A few good quotes I heard recently:

'Evil can be bookish' (Today, Radio 4, item on Molotov's library)

If you want to give someone truth, you'd better be funny!

['What's happened to all the money invested in Island?'] [An Islandic banker or politician:] 'It's in money heaven!'