We have to imagine more courageously if we are to greet creation more fully.

There is a welcome for you at the heart of your solitude. When you realize this, most of the fear that governs your life falls away. The moment your fear transfigures, you come into rhythm with your own self.

[We] must not shrink from the fullness of our being in attempting to reduce the pain.

One encouraging aspect of the negative is its truthfulness. The negative does not lie. It will tell you clearly where you court absence rather than inhabit presence.