"It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a lovely, merciful thing to think, 'Actually, there is no path I can take without having my heart broken, so why not get on with it and stop wanting these extra-special circumstances which stop me from doing something courageous?'"

Source : "The Questions that Have No Right to Go Away" By David Whyte, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2012.

David Whyte

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