“WAITING IS OUR DESTINY. AS CREATURES WHO CANNOT BY THEMSELVES BRING ABOUT WHAT THEY HOPE FOR, WE WAIT IN THE DARKNESS FOR A FLAME WE CANNOT LIGHT. WE WAIT IN FEAR FOR A HAPPY ENDING WE CANNOT WRITE. WE WAIT FOR A ‘NOT YET’ THAT FEELS LIKE A ‘NOT EVER’. WAITING IS THE HARDEST WORK OF HOPE.” – Lew Smedes