There is a profound difference between knowing a truth and becoming it. One lives in the mind; the other lives in the body, the heart, and the soul. The spiritual life is not fulfilled by ideas we admire, but by truths we allow to take flesh within us.

Have you ever known, deep in your mind, who you wanted to be or how you longed to live, yet found yourself unable to actually become it? You understood it clearly. You could speak about it intelligently, defend it persuasively, and reflect on it thoughtfully. And yet, somehow, it never quite showed up in your life. It never completed the pilgrimage from your head into your body.