Da Free John's phrase kept running through my mind: "Practice the wound of love... practice the wound of love." Real love hurts; real love makes you totally vulnerable and open; real love will take you far beyond yourself; and therefore real love will devastate you. I kept thinking, if love does not shatter you, you do not know love...

Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2001) - ISBN: 9780834822320