When I saw others straining to...

When I saw others straining toward God, I did not understand it, for though I may have had him less than they did, there was no one blocking the way between him and me, and I could reach his heart easily. It is up to him, after all, to have us, our part consists of almost solely in letting him grasp us.
~Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke and Benvenuta: An Intimate Correspondence~

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