A Woman's Journey to God, by Jean Borysenko

You are at my side, dear friends, and God is everywhere.  Yet ultimately, we are alone, making our way home by the candle of the heart.  The light is steady and sure but extends only far enough to see the next step.  That there are steps beyond is a matter of faith.  That we have the faith to endure and walk our own journey - even when we think that we are lost - is a gift of grace, and of friendship.  Many times our light seems to go out.  But another light, one held by a stranger or a friend, a book or a song, a blackbird or a wildflower, comes close enough so that we can see our path by its light.  And in time we realize that the light we have borrowed was always also our own.