When we want to lay our burden down, that’s when we really take up our burden. When our strength is exhausted, that’s when we have to show our strength. When we’re on our knees, that’s when we have to walk. When we’ve exhausted our mission – all missions – that’s when our mission begins. When we reach the state of perfect uselessness – that’s when we discover our use.
When we’re finished, that’s when we begin. When we’re at our wit’s end, that’s when we’ll find our wits. At the end of the longest night, that’s when we’ll find our morning. At the end of our deepest bender, that’s where we’ll find our sobriety. When we’ve died, utterly died to the world, that’s when we’ll find the world, and our life in the world. When there’s not a thought in our heads, that’s when we’ll begin to think; when we’ll have our first thoughts.