“I realized how easy it is for me, when I face challenges, to want to turn to external answers or quick fixes to cover up my difficulties. But that doesn’t always work. In fact, it rarely works. What I need to do is go to my poustinia, to the desert of my heart (and a physical place which is, for me, special to this practice), bring all I am struggling with to God and sit and wait in trust. Christ always comes because that is his promise that he left with us. The promise is that we will never be left without support and guidance. This is the kind of practice that can help us establish a real friendship with God.”
–Adam Bucko, Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide, p. 50
