Discernment is based on the awareness that we cannot always have what we want, true, but also that there is enduring, sometimes hidden, always surprising spiritual value in what we do have. Discernment asks us to love many things for many different reasons and to choose what is the best of them for this instance.

Scarred  by Struggle, Transformed by Hope, Joan D. Chittister

It is possible to befriend uncertainty, to remind yourself and others of the fluid, ever changing nature of things. To remain awake to all possibilty.

Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

Each day move to a refreshing and renewing place within, a place where you are in silence, solitude, and wrapped in gratitude. Set aside at least two minutes of quiet time in the morning for perspective to take root. When this can be longer it will be wonderful, but it should never be absent, even when you are busy. Always take at least two minutes to stop and center yourself. Return to this interior place during the day and for a few minutes in the evening if possible.

Robert J. Wicks

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

Frederick Buechner