God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you independent.

Refusing to accept God's love because we're unworthy - of course we're unworthy! - is another golden calf.

To refuse to respond is in itself a response.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them. —Ditta

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.

We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.