The deepening of one’s spiritual life is not so much the arduous climbing toward the peak of a very high mountain, but rather the hoisting of a sail to catch the wind that will draw us to another destination. In the spiritual life, the best we can do is to conspire with God. It’s time we stopped thinking that we can paddle ourselves across the great sea of life and, instead, determine which way the spirit is blowing and hoist our sails, allowing ourselves to be guided to distant shores. (p. 16)
