When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Can one make the future a substitute for the present? And what guarantee have we that the future will be any better if we neglect the present?

I would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was meant to in the eye of God.

When you love someone you do not love them, all the time, in the exact same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships.