The process of transforming fear isn't pretending that we have no fear, but embracing fear as a tool for learning and growth.
~ Kay Gilley in THE ALCHEMY OF FEAR
We may enjoy an experience of God that is so delightful that we may think all our troubles are over and we have at last completed the journey.Then after a few hours or a few days we find ourselves on the spiral staircase again and cannot even remember the pleasures of that transient experience of divine union.The whole purpose of this alternation is to bring the soul to the total transformation of love.