In a sense, you could say you learn how to offer through disappointment and loss. True offering is a passionate and direct invitation for Love to take over and bring Her own plan instead of the ego’s. And sometimes, here’s the truth, it’s just unbearably painful. You feel as if She’s cutting away all that needs to go: illusions, obsessions, addictions . . . often without an anesthetic. This is why I adore viewing everything as a sacrifice to Love.

