“Some people think they have discernment when actually they are just suspicious..Suspicion comes out of the unrenewed mind; discernment comes out of the renewed spirit.”

“A spirit of suspicion is not the gift of discernment.”

“Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be defied.”

“The more observing ones may have seen, but discerning people are usually discreet and often kind, for we usually bleed a little before we begin to discern.”

“Emotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes a part of us away and deposits treasures we never imagined. Out goes naivete, in comes wisdom; out goes anger, in comes discernment; out goes despair, in comes kindness. No one would call it easy, but the rhythm of emotional pain that we learn to tolerate is natural, constructive and expansive... The pain leaves you healthier than it found you.”

“Much like trains in India, grief is a circular, irrational process with no discernible rhythm or timetable. Here it comes, there it goes.”