Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight.
~ Joan Chittister
The alleluia point. The "Praise ye the Lord" point.
Darkness is that point, and Chittister, a Benedictine sister
doesn't say "a" such point. She goes on to clarify
it's when we encounter darkness we believe
nothing is happening. Consider a seed, though.
Buried, in dirt...sometimes in shit...the seed comes alive,
finding itself fruitful, capable, reaching toward light
unseen, unknown before the darkness.
Alleluia! Growth...the most important part it seems
happens when absent light belies hope.
Darkness is that point, and Chittister, a Benedictine sister
doesn't say "a" such point. She goes on to clarify
it's when we encounter darkness we believe
nothing is happening. Consider a seed, though.
Buried, in dirt...sometimes in shit...the seed comes alive,
finding itself fruitful, capable, reaching toward light
unseen, unknown before the darkness.
Alleluia! Growth...the most important part it seems
happens when absent light belies hope.
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