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In other words, it is a reminder to us not to be in a hurry but to accept and make the most of the vicissitudes of life on earth. All the best stories meander and digress on the way to the anticipated ending: the longer it goes on the better for anyone enjoying the tale.
In our modern lives, we may have come to look down on all things medieval as quaint products of ignorance but a labyrinth can serve as a much needed reminder that we need to slow down and negotiate each curve and reversal of fortune with as much grace as we can muster.