Years ago while I was attending a wedding reception I heard a man share with me some words that struck a chord deep within me, words that I have not forgotten since then. He said: “I feel like there are parts of myself that have been lost along the way, and I don’t know if I can somehow find them again.” He got all choked up inside and then said, “Reverend, it’s hard for me to put it into words, but it feels like my youthful joy and happiness about life has burned down like a candle wick when no more wax can be burned…and I don’t know how to get it back?” And so, I just sat with him that day and listened to his life story.