"The spirit is an area of growth most of us set aside, half
hoping the day will come when some soul-stretching peak experience will lift us
out of our ordinary consciousness for a glimpse of the sacred and eternal. But
we have to prepare our consciousness for taking such a path. We need to change
the way we measure time and to relax our insistence on control.... Instead of
focusing on the time running out, it should be a daily exercise... to mark the
moment. The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique,
unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness.... If
everyday is an awakening, you will never grow old, you will just keep growing."
-Gail Sheehy, New Passages