Me: What if we're wrong?

Old Woman: Wrong about what?

Me: All this ceremony, prayer, meditation. What if, at the end of it, all there is is nothing?

Old Woman: Then we still come out better people.

Me: How?

Old Woman: Can you think of a better way to live than in gratitude? Can you think of a better way to be than to be kind, loving, compassionate, respectful, courageous, truthful, and forgiving? Even if we're wrong, can you think of a better way to breathe than through all that?

...

I couldn't. I can't. I continue.

― Richard Wagamese, Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations