The Bushman in the Kalahari Desert talk about two "hungers"
There is the Great Hunger and the Little Hunger
The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger ,
the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning...
There's ultimately one thing that makes human beings deeply and profoundly bitter,
and that is to have thrust upon them
a life without meaning....
There is nothing wrong in searching for happiness....
But of far more comfort to the soul...
is something greater than happiness
or unhappiness, and that is meaning.
Because meaning transfigures all...
Once what you are doing has for you meaning,
it is irrelevant whether you are happy or unhappy,
You are content---you are not alone
in your Spirit --- you belong.
Sir Laurens van der Post ---Hasten Slowly
Mardi Gras Brazil A Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon, Mardi Gras dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. Also known as Carnival, it is celebrated in many countries around the world–mainly those with large Roman Catholic populations–on the day before the religious season of Lent begins. Brazil, Venice and New Orleans play host to some of the holiday's most famous public festivities, drawing thousands of tourists and revelers every year.
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