Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I willing to let my ideas of myself, of man be changed? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? To empty myself even of my concept of emptiness? Mary Caroline Richards More Quotes by Mary Caroline Richards More Quotes From Mary Caroline Richards Bear ye one another's burdens, the Lord said, and he was talking law. Mary Caroline Richards law bears talking Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will. Mary Caroline Richards enemy Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do. Mary Caroline Richards choices want may Compassion is an alternate perception Mary Caroline Richards perception compassion Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape. Mary Caroline Richards