Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Nothingness before God

The nothingness we fear so much is, in fact, the treasure that we long for. We long for the space where there is nothing to prove and nothing to protect; where I am who I am, and it's enough.

Richard Rohr, from Letting Go: A Spirituality of Subtraction

3 comments:

Sue said...

I love swimming in our friend Richard. Great quote :)

Anonymous said...

Amen!

Jan said...

Surrender. Enough. Help.