Several years before his death, a remarkable rabbi, Abraham Joshua Heschel, suffered a near-fatal heart attack. His closest male friend was at his bedside. Heschel was so weak he was only able to whisper: "Sam, i feel only gratitude for my life, for evry moment i have lived. I am ready to go. I have seen so many miracles in my lifetime." The old rabbi was exhausted by his effort to speak. after a long pause, he said, "Sam, never once in my life did i ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me."
in Brennan Manning, The Ragamaffin Gospel
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