“It would be just another illusion to believe that reaching out to God will free us from pain and suffering. Often, indeed, it will take us where we rather would not go. But we know that without going there we will not find our life.” — Henri Nouwen
I have always been an adventurer at heart. As a child, I always imagined traveling to far off places; exotic places; places filled with the bizarre and wondrous, enough to fascinate and tantalize the imaginations of my youthful exuberance.