"Many people take umbrage
when someone sets out
to find his or her
spiritual home.
If you embark on a similar journey,
you should expect
some people
to be shocked,
to be angry,
to tell you
you’re breaking the
rules.
That has certainly been my experience.
However,
the rewards are
inexpressibly wonderful.
Heading towards
that inner home
will take you
places—
both inside yourself
and in the external world—
which your heart
will recognize
as its native environment,
even though
you have never
been there before.
I would go so far as to say
that this may be
the
purpose for human life;
that we are set free
into a lonely universe
like
homing pigeons
meant to find our way back to joy."
-- Martha Beck
