The heart is an eternal nomad

There is a driving restlessness in the human heart.

Though our bodies maintain an outer stability and consistency, the heart is

an eternal nomad.

                                                                                John O’Donohue, Eternal Longing, Prologue

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restless hearts abound

souls

wander in the wilderness

seeking home

a place of belonging

there is longing

and belonging

we need both the journey

and resting place

without the longing

we become empty and cold

without belonging we are

“aimless and haunted”

Sacred is both that which drives us forward

and that which gives us rest

and in this divine balance

we move from isolation

to intimacy

into

a holy trinity

of God

and self

and others

where we are “embraced, and seen

and loved”

and where we are free to roam again

eternal nomads

only to return

again

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all phrases enclosed by quotes reflect

verbiage used by John O’Donohue