“If I were called upon to state in a few words the essence of everything I was trying to say both as a novelist and a preacher, it would be something like this: Listen to your life.  See it for the fathomless mystery that it is.  In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”  -Frederick Buechner from Now and Then

I read this in the beginning of one of the chapters in Tim Keel’s book Intuitive Leadership several weeks ago, and it has been a mantra reverberating in my mind and in my soul ever since.  It’s like a tune that gets stuck in my head and I can’t let it go.  If you haven’t bought Tim’s book yet, please do, because it’s good and you will be glad you did, but if not then I hope this quote resonates with you as well.