“Love is a spiritual discipline, not a personal preference. Love is the possibility of giving yourself in a way that is not your preference. So to practice real loving, love when you don’t want to love. Love even when it’s not going well for you. Love when there is no particular reward coming.”
“In the dark, before the sun comes up, the world that exists—with all its trees, its flowers, its bounteous beauty—does not seem to be here at all. Just so, all the love you want to see will appear only when you live all the love you are. You are the sun, you see, and there is good reason for you to shine: so you can see the beautiful things waiting for you.”