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Quote of the Day

My love
is like the grasses
hidden in the deep mountain:
though its abundance increases,
nobody knows.

~ Ono No Yoshiki

Creator,
grant me the grace to long for You
and not my illusions of You,

to know You as love's questions
rather than as binding answers.

to rest in the hope
of what I do not understand about You,

and to be forever willing
to give up what I know about You
in order to seek You afresh.

~ Paula Duvall thanks to Kathy McGrane

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