In a psychiatrist rsquo s advice column he responded to a reader named Brenda who lamented that her ambitious pursuits had left her discontent His words were blunt Humans aren rsquo t designed to be happy he said ldquo only to survive and reproduce rdquo We rsquo re cursed to chase the ldquo teasing and elusive butterfly rdquo of contentment he added ldquo not always to capture it rdquo I wonder how Brenda felt reading the psychiatrist rsquo s nihilistic words and how different she may have felt reading Psalm instead In its words David gives us a guided reflection [... more]