Deeply: When there really are holy kisses in your life; when there are a few beyond your blood-family who are far more dear to you than the many; when another's heartbreak breaks yours; when another's tears of joy mingle with your own.
Risk: to open your heart once again, after it's been deeply hurt in a (you can feel this one coming) previous deep relationship.
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Since that's actually the point of this whole blog, the book, and my life, it seems like that little tidbit is a fitting 100th blog posting. A few days ago I was talking to a friend who's about to make a huge commitment, and that phrase just flew out of my mouth. I thought, "I sure didn't figure that one out; that one was pure broadband from the Lord. And one I need to look at in my own life, too."
This morning I had another heart catheterization, which I'm glad to say turned out just fine. Wonderful, in fact. But every time I have one of those close encounters, it reminds me again: we aren't here for very long. We don't have time to live badly, or shallowly. At least, I don't.
May you pass through the shallows and enter the deep. You'll never be the same, and you'll change your history. You'll change the history of the others around you, too.
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