Where are the penitents today, in a world replete with gluttony and the exaltation of ambition? Is it only our perspective that has changed, or are the purging flames but embers?

A pig ignites a smile, but is it a smile of appreciation for the wonder of all living things or that of an expectant appetite, eating the pig in anticipation.

It is human nature to forever seek comforting illusions that suggest the exacting evils surrounding us are yet susceptible to human control.

We strive, we achieve, we fail, and death is somewhere in that mix. Rely on yourself. Disregard the swinish multitudes. Root hog, or die.

God’s opinion of the pig, and other matters, has revealed innumerable vital truths; but collectively, as humans, we can not agree for certain exactly what they are.