John O'Donohue

“Real suffering is different than fabricated, self-imposed burdens we create out of our own falsity. They bring us nothing; they keep us circulating in the same empty room of fact and don’t open us to the fecundity of suffering. Real suffering calls us home where energy is clear, minds are open and alive and where our soul as a beautiful shelter will hold us tenderly and powerfully on the ground of our own belonging.”
~ John O’Donohue