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Real love opens doors to something larger than oneself.
Everything we are given or learn or possess in any real sense - - the ability to play Beethoven sonata, write books, understand the principles of physics – is intended for one thing: to draw us closer to our selves.
I can feel my heart growing daily, which has its uncomfortable aspects, as if it could fall with the weight of love and break.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
There were times, in the beginning, when I used my journal as a wailing wall, but I learned not to immortalize the darkness. Rereading it was counterproductive. What I needed was a place in which to collect the light.
During this week, Ragan has experience a bit of insecurity with me, the result of my being quieter than usual, which he interprets as being a withdrawal from him. "No," I countered, "it is a withdrawal into myself." I do not think the same need exists in him. Quiet can be the two of us reading silently. But he prefers that I be nearby. I need regular time without anybody else around in order to feel restored.
His eyes were sharp but kind, and it seemed to amuse him to see children misbehave when he knew that deep down they didn't really want to misbehave, but were just feeling lonely or misunderstood or wanted to go outside and play instead of sitting in a hot classroom. (26)
I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.
An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.
Looking at a friend who has had a face lift is like reading a book with half the pages ripped out.
