A
child who is given a ball and told that it is the only ball he will ever have
in his life cannot enjoy it much because he is overfearful of losing it.
Another child, told that if he is good he will be given another ball, one that
will never wear out and will give him unending pleasure, need not be fearful of
losing the first. So it is with the man who has only one world, in contrast to
the Christian. Even in the enjoyment of life the first man walks in fear of its
end. His very pleasures are shadowed by death. But the man who believes in a future
life, conditioned by morality, has the great advantage of being able to be
happy in this world, as well as in the next.
--Archbishop
Fulton J. Sheen, Peace of Soul, 1949
