Life is a journey by which we pass through stages, and meditation is a journey. It helps us to understand that there are stages of development. That may help us to be patient – to find and to go with the flow rather than try to impose our own order, our own desire for growth or our own desire for love, upon a situation that isn’t yet ready for it. Understanding that life and our capacity for love unfold by stages teaches us patience, teaches us wisdom.
 (Aspects of Love 2 by Laurence Freeman OSB )
