"Well now really when we go back into falling in love
And say, it's crazy
Falling
You see?
We don't say "rising into love"
There is in it the idea of the fall
And it goes back, as a matter of fact, to extremely fundamental things
That there is always a curious tie at some point between the fall and the creation
Taking this ghastly risk is the condition of there being life
You see, for all life is an act of faith an act of gamble
The moment you take a step, you do so on an act of faith
Because you don't really know that the floor's not going to give under your feet
The moment you take a journey, what an act of faith
The moment that you enter into any kind of human undertaking in relationship, what an act of faith
See, you've given yourself up
But this is…"
- Alan Watts -
