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"Time unbounded is hard to handle."

The May 6th entry is something i'll need go back to over and over:

"We fear disturbance, change, fear to bring to light and talk about what is painful. Suffering often feels like failure, but it is actually the door into growth."

"The fear of pain and of causing pain is, no doubt, a sin."

"When it comes to the most important things in life, one is always alone" + a lovely reminder to make a myth of your life

Absolute attention is prayer.

"Lunches are just not good. They take the heart out of the day and the spaciousness from the morning’s work."

Truer words have never been spoken

Jan 12:

"I have been thinking about the fact that, however terrible the storms may be, if one's life has a sufficiently stable and fruitful structure, one is helped to withstand their devastating aftereffects."

"...like drunkards who swear with every hang-over, 'never again!' the war against the unregenerate self goes on."

"Wrinkles here and there seems unimportant compared to the 'Gestalt' of the whole person I have become this past year ... Growth is demanding and may seem dangerous, for there is loss as well as gain in growth. But why go on living if one has ceased to grow?"