The Great Pumpkin

Most would argue the Great Pumpkin exists only in the mind of Linus in Charles Schulz's classic Peanuts comic strip. For generations, the Great Pumpkin has evoked a sense of mystery and intrigue, giving hope to the power of belief in something intangible. Every year Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin to rise out of the pumpkin patch on Halloween night - the pumpkin patch deemed the most "sincere" - and then fly into the night delivering toys to all of the good little children of the world. Every year, he is inevitably disappointed. In attempts to interpret Linus's yearly venture, some describe it as symbolic of the struggles faced by people with practices or beliefs that are not shared by the majority. Others see it as a metaphor for humankind's existential dilemmas. How do you see Linus's unfailing persistence? How do you see your own?