Summer Green

“We know in our hearts that choosing love is choosing life and freedom; saying yes to love’s invitation is the only way to lasting meaning and real worth. But our minds are likely to have a different opinion. The parts of our minds that are addicted to efficiency will make us doubt our desire. They will demand to know why we want to risk being hurt in the cause of love. What purpose will it serve? What function? Would it not be better to seek safety and security and simply hope for a little joy now and then, a few touches of caring along the way?”
― Gerald G. May, The Awakened Heart: Opening Yourself to the Love You Need

“And when we come to search for God, Let us first be robed in night, Put on the mind of morning To feel the rush of light Spread slowly inside The color and stillness Of a found world.”
― John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings

“When we are really given to the why of life, the hows begin to flow.”
― Gerald G. May, The Awakened Heart: Opening Yourself to the Love You Need

“We can perform service to others for a variety of reasons. We can do good deeds because of fear, guilt, or the desire to inflate our egos. But if we really want to be loving, if we truly wish to respond to the call of justice and freedom, we must first have the courage to look into our own emptiness. We must somehow even come to love it.”
― Gerald G. May, The Awakened Heart: Opening Yourself to the Love You Need