The new or divine begetting is just as real as the first begetting in the mother's womb. The child of God is forever being born.
~ from AGAPE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT by Ceslaus Spieg
In the frozen fields of my life
there are no shortcuts to spring,
but stories of great birds in migration
carrying small ones on their backs,
predators flying next to warblers
they would, in a different season, eat.
Stunned by the astonishing mix in this uneasy world
that plunges in a single day from despair
to hope and back again, I commend my life
to Ruskin's difficult duty of delight,
and to that most beautiful form of courage,
to be happy.