Springtime of the Soul

“Grace is the permanent climate of divine kindness; the perennial infusion of springtime into the winter of bleakness.”

― John O'Donohue, Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace

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outside it is summer

flowers bloom

the grass greens

birds fill the space between the trees

with song

inside

this day

there is a touch of winter

of grayness

there is so much hate floating through the universe

too much death

and illness

that my soul is chilled

and yet there is grace

and the rising of the sun

reminds me of Sacred faithfulness

and Sacred Presence

and the eternal springtime

of

the

soul