<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-2016/great-journey-quest-find-way-life.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>The Great Journey: A Quest to Find the Way of Life</title><excerpt>One of my favorite writers, the great American novelist Walker Percy, talks about dreams and ambitions that get derailed by personal choices, and the long, slow road we must follow to recover. His books reflect themes such as longing to make a difference, wanting our life to count, and making sense of the challenges we face. Percy trained to be a doctor but contracted tuberculosis and was never allowed to practice medicine. So he became a novelist, combining a deep understanding of human nature with a profound, lighthearted sense of humor. When asked about the most important question in life, he responded, “There are essentially two types of people: those for whom life is a quest and those for whom it isn’t. The great question we must answer is: which one are we?”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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