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doubt or sadness, they never forget: “I am an instrument. Allow me to be an instrument capable of manifesting Your Will.”
    They have chosen their road, and they may understand what their goal is only when they find themselves before the Unwanted Visitor. That is the beauty of the person who continues onward with enthusiasm and respect for the mystery of life as his only guide; his road is beautiful and his burden light.
    The goal can be large or small, it can be far away orright next door; he goes in search of it with respect and honor. He knows what each step means and how much it cost in effort, training, and intuition.
    He focuses not just on the goal to be reached, but on everything happening around him. He often has to stop because his strength fails him.
    At such moments, Love appears and says: “You think you’re heading toward a specific point, but the whole justification for the goal’s existence lies in your love for it. Rest a little, but as soon as you can, get up and carry on. Because ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you.”

    Those who ignore the question, those who answer it, and those who understand that the only way to confront it is to take action will all meet the same obstacles and be made happy by the same things, but only the person who accepts God’s plan with humility and courage knows that he is on the right road.

And a woman who was getting on in years and had never found a husband said:
    “Love has always passed me by.”

 
    And he answered:
    In order to hear Love’s words, you must allow Love to approach.
    However, when it does draw near, we fear what it might say to us, because Love is free and is not ruled by our will or by what we do.
    All lovers know this but refuse to accept it. They think they can seduce Love through submission, power, beauty, wealth, tears, and smiles.
    True Love, however, is the love that seduces and will never allow itself to be seduced.
    Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely. How can the force that moves the world and keeps the stars in their places be at once so creative and so devastating?
    We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive, but people who love expecting to be loved in return are wasting their time.
    Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.
    Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side.
    Life is too short for us to keep important words like “I love you” locked in our hearts.
    But do not always expect to hear the same words back. We love because we need to love. Otherwise, love loses all meaning and the sun ceases to shine.
    A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks:
    “Aren’t you tired of waiting?”
    “Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.”
    And yet, even when Love does not appear, we remain open to its presence. Sometimes, when loneliness seems about to crush everything, the only way to resist is to keep on loving.

    Our great goal in life is to love. The rest is silence.
    We need to love. Even when it leads us to the landwhere the lakes are made of tears—that secret, mysterious place, the land of tears!
    Tears speak for themselves. And when we feel that we have cried all we needed to cry, they still continue to flow. And just when we believe that our life is destined to be a long walk through the Vale of Sorrows, the tears suddenly vanish.
    Because we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain.
    Because we realized that the person who left us did not take the sun with them or leave darkness in their place. They simply left, and with every farewell comes a hidden hope.
    It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

    Our one true choice is to plunge into the mystery of that uncontrollable