"A mystic is not a special kind of human being; rather, every human is a special kind of mystic.  I might just as well rise to this challenge and become that unique, irreplaceable mystic that only I can become.... If I fail to experience God in my own unique way, that experience will forever remain in the shadow land of possibility.  But if I do, I will know life by the divine life within me."

Brother David Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in the Fullness.  New York: Paulist Press, 1994, p. 86.