Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, "I love you, too."
Henri NouwenOne of the experiences of prayer is that it seems that nothing happens. But when you start with it and look back over a long period of prayer, you suddenly realize that something has happened. What is most close, most intimate, most present, often cannot be experienced directly but only with a certain distance. When I think that I am only distracted, just wasting my time, something is happening too Immediate for knowing, understanding, and experiencing. Only in retrospect do I realize that something very important has taken place.
Henri NouwenOne way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there.
Henri Nouwen