The Grace That Comes To Us ...

"It is the tenderness that breaks our hearts. The loveliness that leaves us stranded on the shore, watching the boats sail away. It is the sweetness that makes us want to reach out and touch the soft skin of another person.  And it is the grace that comes to us, undeserving though we be ... "

— Robert Goolrick (The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life)

(Photos taken at Central Park Boat House in Manhattan)