““The first leg of Moses' journey as a leader, then, was not to lead anyone else anywhere; it was to allow himself to be led into freedom from his own bondage. Before he could lead others into freedom, he needed to experience freedom himself. In solitude he was able to let go of the coping mechanisms that had served him well in the past but were completely inappropriate for the leader he was becoming.””
![“When he thought he was doing something that made a difference to people, he could bear any burden [Moses]. When he lost that sense of achievement, he became too discouraged to keep on doing the hard things.” quote by Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5b2/harold-s-kushner-4877_hard-things_when-he-thought-he-was-doing-something-t_2788896.jpg)
![“Most of us are more tired than we know at the soul level. We are teetering on the brink of dangerous exhaustion, and we cannot do anything else until we have gotten some rest...we can't really engage [any spiritual disciplines] until solitude becomes a place of rest for us rather than another…” quote by Ruth Haley Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/02f/ruth-haley-barton-21489_religion_most-of-us-are-more-tired-than-we-know-a_856708.jpg)
