Rayya: whom I never saw coming, had not planned for, and could not control.

Because secrecy is the greenhouse in which addiction blooms, flourishes, and metastasizes.

Our famished yearning for love is the great yawning chasm that we keep trying to fill with other things—with drugs, alcohol, food, money, sex, cigarettes, gambling, gaming, success, perfectionism, workaholism, internet addiction, you name it.

It’s so beautiful to behold, it’ll break your heart—but

And what if we pass our days moving through an extraordinarily complex educational curriculum that has been carefully tailored to push each soul toward its highest growth, evolution, and ultimate liberation?

and who drew forth beautiful authenticity from everyone she met.

didn’t want to hurt anyone, I didn’t want to get hurt, I didn’t want to lose anything I already had, and I didn’t want to lose anybody.

Because their female partners are literally pouring life into them, at a steep cost to their own existence.

When unmet or perverted at a tender age, that need can warp our brains into making dangerous and even insane decisions for the rest of our lives.