I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.
What we resist persists.
What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.
It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.
How desperately we wish to maintain our trust in those we love! In the face of everything, we try to find reasons to trust. Because losing faith is worse than falling out of love.
I like to remind people what radical means -- 'at the root of things.' It shouldn't be considered a pejorative. There isn't a great name out of history you can pick who wasn't 'radical.