~

"Now - here is my secret:

I tell it to you with an openness of heart

that I doubt I shall ever achieve again,

so I pray that you are in a quiet room

as you hear these words.

...

My secret is that I need God

- that I am sick and can no longer

make it alone.

I need God to help me give,

because I no longer seem to be

capable of giving;

to help me be kind, as I no longer seem

capable of kindness;

to help me love, as I seem beyond being

able to love."

~

Douglas Coupland
LIFE AFTER GOD