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The Symptoms And The Illness Are Not The Same Thing. The Illness Exists Long Before The Symptoms. Rather Than Being The Illness, The Symptoms Are The Beginning Of Its Cure. The Fact That They Are Unwanted Makes Them All The More A Phenomenon Of Grace — A Gift Of God, A Message From The Unconscious.

There Is No Act Of Love That Is Not An Act Of Work Or Courage. No Exceptions.

True Love Is Not A Feeling By Which We Are Overwhelmed. It Is A Committed, Thoughtful Decision.

How Strange That We Should Ordinarily Feel Compelled To Hide Our Wounds When We Are All Wounded! Community Requires The Ability To Expose Our Wounds And Weaknesses To Our Fellow Creatures. It Also Requires The Ability To Be Affected By The Wounds Of Others... But Even More Important Is The Love That Arises Among Us When We Share, Both Ways, Our Woundedness.

Doubt Is Often The Beginning Of Wisdom.