Step 1 of learning to walk in the dark is to give up running the show. Next you sign the waiver that allows you to bump into some things that may frighten you at first. Finally you ask darkness to teach you what you need to know. If you have never had a spiritual director before, you have started near the top. Let this one guide you, and you will soon have new companions as brave and curious as you are about the nightlife of your soul.
