To be tormented by restlessness is to be human. But in accepting, truly, that humanity we become more easy in our restlessness. Why? Because, as Karl Rahner puts it, in this life there is no finished symphony, everything comes with an undertow of restlessness and inadequacy. Peace can come to us only when we accept that fact, because it is only then that we will stop demanding that life – our spouses, our families, our friends, our jobs, our vocations, our vacations – give us something that they cannot give, the finished symphony, clear-cut pure joy, complete consummation.
Ronald Rolheiser, Against an Infinite Horizon
The one journey that ultimately matters is the journey into the place of stillness deep within one’s self. To reach that place is to be at home; to fail to reach it is to be forever restless.
N. Gordon Cosby
Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.
