Loneliness - Tricycle Daily Dharma, August 16, 2013

Loneliness

Suffering is what happens when we are lonely and forget that we participate in the world. People often complain about love, or at least about its consequences, but welcoming the consequences is part of the game of generosity. The earth gives a Yes without regard to what is given back, and being a human is also a gift, not a purchase. Even the No's we get are gates to the generosity of the world.

- John Tarrant, "The Erotic Life of Emptiness"