“I have learned from dry journeys that deserts can be weathered only by those who are sustained by deep waters.
I know the feeling of walking too long without water. I have felt the thirsty fingers of death constricting around my soul.
As is common with so much in life, I failed to understand how much I needed water until I was without it.
I say this not to scare but to warn.
Perhaps you too wander in deserts as I have, unaware of your own perilous lack of water.
Don’t misunderstand.
I speak not so much of where feet walk as where hearts walk.
The deserts and lush forests around us mirror the deserts and lush forests within.
Our bodies, like the earth, can be parched and thirsty.
And both point to the thirst of the soul.”
-The Seven Paths
