Longing for a friend...

In the Monday mailbox…

[There is a] vague, constant longing for something or someone beyond the horizon of reality — but we recognize it in our marrow, in the strata of the soul beyond the reach of words … Nothing kidnaps our capacity for presence more cruelly than longing. And yet longing is also the most powerful creative force we know: Out of our longing for meaning came all of art; out of our longing for truth all of science; out of our longing for love the very fact of life. – Maria Popova.

You are being sought by that which you seek – Rumi

A friend awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you. – John O’Donohue

All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. – David Whyte

...when someone feels that they are not being pigeonholed and that there is some genuine connection taking place between the two of you, then they begin to let go. They begin to explore you, and you begin to explore them...unspoken friendship begins to develop. – Chӧgyam Trungpa