"We all pretend for a while or for a lifetime. But pretending is not living...I believe that God meant for life to take our breath away, sometimes because of the sheer joy of it all and sometimes because of the severe pain. To choose living over pretending means that we will know both."
"May you and I run in such a way to receive the prize of gold when we run the race of passionate faith."
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Source: Angelus Silesius, Frederick Franck (2005). “Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius with Observations by the Ancient Zen Masters”, p.78, World Wisdom, Inc
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