Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.

We have this idea that everyone should be totally independent, totally whole, totally together spiritually, totally fulfilled. That is a myth. In reality, our lack of fulfillment is the most precious gift we have. It is the source of our passion, our creativity, our search for God. All the best of life comes out of our human yearning, our not being satisfied.

Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.

To experience a little hunger now and then can be a beautiful reminder of the deeper hunger of our souls.

Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to feed on our attempts to master it.

But love's true nature remains forever beyond the grasp of all our faculties. It is far greater than any feeling or emotion and completely surpasses any act of human kindness. It is the one sheer gift of contemplation, completely unattainable by autonomous human effort. The realization of this love always remains mysterious.

I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.