Wait and Hope

"Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.”

                                                                                                      Alexandre Dumas

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O beloved children of my heart

there is so much more

so much

that is possible

so much that is promised

by no one less than the Sacred One

so much

lurking on the edges of

what we know as reality

that we do not fully know or understand

fleeting glimpses come

a touch of compassion here

a selfless act there

people revealing, if only for an instant

Sacred Presence

Love

There are transient moments

when the fullness of eternity

stirs in “the clay of our hearts”¹

and the Sacred promise awakens

and in the midst of our longing

we find a place to stand

and wait

in

hope

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¹John O’Donohue, Eternal Echoes