Always to want your own way, becoming accustomed to having it, always to seek the easy path - all this leads to depression. But love, quietness, and contemplation of the inner life cleanses our heart. Sayings of the Egyptian Fathers.

My own way is often a dead end. If the destination I have chosen is wealth, fame, and power, then surely the path will end in death, if not before.

But if the way I have chosen leads to God, the pathways unfold toward an ever-expanding horizon.

So often my way involves accumulation, the gathering of burdens to carry, maintain, and guard. Each "success" entails more burdens.

But the more I have of love, quietness, and contemplation the lighter my load.

What I expect to be easy, is often hard. What I may consider too hard, is often as easy as falling into the arms of God.