Joy

“Because the end doesn't quite mean the end doesn't quite mean the end doesn't quite mean the end, Leo. Because in the end each end is also a beginning.”
― Daniel Glattauer, Alle sieben Wellen

“Think of all the males and females of the animal and plant world, all the opposites in every aspect of life. They all need to be “married” in some fashion to promote life. Your marriage participates in this cosmic pattern and has a wealth of meaning that you will never grasp. When you make a sacrifice, you don’t just give something up, you acknowledge a realm greater than yourself. “Sacrifice” means “to make sacred.” You go beyond self. You make room for a greater mystery. You may experience this larger sense of sacrifice in ordinary deprivations, as you give up many freedoms and soften your willfulness.”
― Thomas Moore, Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals

“Pain results from a judgment you have made about a thing. Remove the judgment and the pain disappears.”
― Neale Donald Walsch, The Complete Conversations with God

“When lost in darkness he who lights the way, marks himself as easy prey.”
― Mark W Boyer