We need to find God, and God cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.
~ by Mother Teresa, thanks to Felicia Sawyer
This is the last year.
There will be no other,
but heartless nature
seemingly relents.
Never has a winter sun
spilled so much light,
never have so many flowers
dared such early bloom.
The air is brilliant, sharp.
Never have I taken
such long, long breaths.