It doesn’t matter – 
whether or not the book is published,
I find the perfect job, 
or 
my name is known to others; 
the only thing that matters
is that I love, 
as He loves me.
This truth was born with my soul – 
its journey to my intellect is an entirely different story. 


*With thanks to Henri Nouwen and his journal entry, “Claim the Victory,” in The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom