It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

Come with us to the field, or go with our brothers to the sea and cast your net. For the land and the sea shall be bountiful to you even as to us.

Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation. I have gone far, far away, O children of my mother; the hills beyond the mists are now hidden from my view, the last traces of the valleys have been flooded by the ocean of serenity, and the paths and trails have been erased by the hand of oblivion. The roar of ocean waves has faded. I no longer hear anything but the anthem of eternity, which harmonizes with the spirit.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.