The following comes from a book entitled Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul,[1] published way back in 1997. I used to give this piece to my students. It’s called “The Mirror.” “Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?” The usual laughter followed and people stirred to go. Papaderos held
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Now no one, when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a couch, but he puts it upon a lamp-stand, that they who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not be made manifest; nor anything concealed that
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