18. Trust is possible only when we see finitude as bound in with and sustained by something greater and more generous, something that wills connection as well as separation. Then we can begin to imagine and construct a human existence that embodies hope and love. The infinite, by definition, cannot be available to us in the same way as the finite. We cannot know it with the same kind of confidence as we have regarding the finite world around us—fragile as even that confidence may often be. But when the finite is placed in the context of this something greater, we find it is no longer simply "the flesh," in the negative sense. It is not necessary to make our own survival and well-being the only value we pursue. We can see the finite not simply as battleground, but as a place of celebration, a dinner-table, a place of music and dance, of color and of companionship.