St. Stephen Was Here...

This magnificent cathedral - it's HUGE - is now surrounded by hundreds of high-end shops, and thousands and thousands of high-end shoppers. I joined in the fun, too. But I was haunted by the different pictures of the two ages. What was central to each, what motivated each.

I love modern life: the convenience, the choices, the freedom (at least for me), the power. But I also sense something missing, something displaced by the hunger for acquisition. I guess it's up to each of us to find it in this modern age.