The same sensitivity that opens artists to Being also makes them vulnerable to the dark powers of non- Being. It is no accident that many creative people--including Dante, Pascal, Goethe, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Beethoven, Rilke, Blake, and Van Gogh--struggled with depression, anxiety, and despair. They paid a heavy price to wrest their gifts from the clutches of non- Being. But this is what true artists do: they make their own frayed lives the cable for the surges of power generated in the creative force fields of Being and non- Being. (Beyond Religion, p. 124) . David N. Elkins
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According to Rick Warren, “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” It is tempting to stop loving God when we get off track. But if we do, we get off track. If we stop trusting God and our relationship with Him, we wind up having a relationship with ourselves and creation that is far less than the one we wish for.

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