Can you guess who wrote this one?  I absolutely love it; it rings true in so many ways, on so many levels...

"The years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their intense alternations of confidence and exhaustion and the final emergence into the light—only those who have experienced it can understand it."

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-I will reveal the author in another blog post soon to come...  Enjoy savoring the many meanings!