It is characteristic of spiritual growth not to produce satiety, precisely because it is a continual discovery of what is new.
The mystic is neither exclusively a freak nor a monk, but the Christian who sounds the depths of his awareness of the world and of revelation.
---from the jacket cover of From Glory to Glory, edited by Jean Danielon, S.J. and Herbert Musurillo, S.J.
Like the journey of Abraham, the spiritual life is a continual adventure, a day-by-day discovery of surprise and delight. Those who attempt the journey, the awareness of what God is about in their own history, do not grow tired or disappointed, but are continually led on to new awareness and new insights.
We are all on a journey as we go through life; whether we are aware of it or not, our journeys will lead either to a jaded outlook or to new and ever-more exciting wonder. Every day leads us either to greater integration or to more dis-integration. We believe we do not have time for prayer, but without it, "the center does not hold," in the words of T.S. Eliot, I believe, and our worlds fall apart, "not with a bang, but with a whimper."
It does not matter how we pray; all that matters is that we begin. As St. Augustine said, "Pray as you can, not as you can't."
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You have a rare ability to find and express joy in Jesus in everyday life. I'd more of how you tripped over this pearl of insight?
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