When one seeks with all one’s heart, one gets what one seeks. When you say you sought and did not find, it means you did not seek as you ought to have sought. If even God can be found by seeking, why should we not get the trifles we seek after if we seek wholeheartedly?

“Now, how to seek God? Hafez declares, ‘Only if you carry your life on your sleeves can you enter the path of divine love.’ So merely to say ‘I want to see God’ or ‘I want to realise God’ is similar to an ant saying ‘I want to become an elephant.’ Mere words have nothing in them. The heart must thirst to seek God.