As we renew our commitment to the processes of life, then the processes of life will recommit to us. We’ll feel forgiven for a past that wasn’t all it should have been when we commit to a future that is all that it can, should, and will be — now that we’ve finally grown up.
The prodigal son did get home late, having partied hard, but his father rejoiced to see him. And so does ours.
Wherever you’ve been, and whatever you’ve done so far, your entire life was building up to this moment. Now is the time to burst forth into your greatness — a greatness you could never have achieved without going through exactly the things you’ve gone through. Everything you’ve experienced was grist for the mill by which you become who you are. As low as you might have descended, in God there are no limits to how high you can go now. It is not too late. You are not to old. You are right on time. And you are better than you know.
— Marianne Williamson, The Age of Miracles, p. 9