If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.

For as long as you can remember, you have been a pleaser, depending on others to give you an identity. You need not look at that only in a negative way. You wanted to give your heart to others, and you did so quickly and easily. But now you are being asked to let go of all these self-made props and trust that God is enough for you. You must stop being a pleaser and reclaim your identity as a free self.

Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even death--can take that love away.

Obviously a child can never conceive solitude if his parents aren't living it somewhere themselves. I don't mean that to be alone you have to get down on your knees for an hour in a yoga posture.

Often we come home from a sharing session with a feeling that something precious has been taken away from us or that holy ground has been trodden upon.

From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are.

Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.