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Home > Sacraments > Eucharist > Communion reflections > 03 02 2008 - A reflexion by Vincent Van Gogh |
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A reflexion by Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh experienced many difficulties in the course of his short life as a painter. From a worldly point of view that life seemed a total failure. But he didn’t see it like this. He said: "It is true that sometimes I have earned my bread and sometimes a friend has given it to me in charity. It is true that my financial affairs are in a sad state. It is true that my future looks gloomy. It is true that I might have done better. It is true that my studies have been neglected and that my needs are greater than my possessions. But is that what you call going downhill? Is that what you call doing nothing? On the contrary, this is a powerful stream that will bear me safely to port." |
