Some of us want a spiritual experience when we're really hurting but as soon as we feel a little better, we say, "Okay, God, I can pretty much handle it on my own," and our life begins to narrow again. But before long, life will confront us again and call us to the deeper experience that every one of us yearns for. Our choice is to move into a greater life through repeated patterns of pain, or to stay in a spiritual practice that takes us into a life of companionship and partnership with God. Stay in spiritual practice.