Indeed, if we will listen, a Sacred Romance calls to us through our heart every moment of our lives.\u00c2\u00a0 It whispers to us on the wind, invites us through the laughter of good friends, reaches out to us through the touch of someone we love.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ve heard it in our favorite music, sensed it at the birth of our first child, been drawn to it while watching the shimmer of a sunset on the ocean.\u00c2\u00a0 The Romance is even present in times of great personal suffering:\u00c2\u00a0 the illness of a child, the loss of a marriage, the death of a friend.\u00c2\u00a0 Something calls to us through experiences like these and rouses an inconsolable longing deep within our heart, wakening in us a yearning for intimacy, beauty, and adventure.<\/p>\n
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