There is a vast restlessness everywhere today. The people of our world suffer a growing discontent with life as it is. Two-thirds of the population are so poor that they are deprived of fulfillment of minimum essential needs: enjoyment of a full stomach and good health or rising above a bar ren existence. Oppression and exclusion are causes of the bitter discontent of those who struggle against odds for a better life. Many are uprooted by war and migration as refugees and strangers seeking homes. Nations with greater resources for production may provide more goods and satisfactions. Yet there are sharp inequalities and spiraling inflation to spur our discontents. Even those who have enough are apt to feel anx ious and uncertain, lonely and disappointed, or lost and unfulfilled. Young people are often baffled by a crisis of personal identity, asking what goal to seek. In the middle years we may be tired of struggling to keep up the pace, resenting the pressures, or feeling the emptiness within. In the