The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass. In the foreground, the animals play, wolf and lamb, leopard and kid, calf, lion, and fatling. The cow and the bear are there, and so is the child, with his hand unharmed on the den of the adder. William Penn standing with the Indians, concluding his treaty of friendship. Only when we see that we are part of the totality of the planet, not a superior part with special privileges, can we work effectively to bring about an earth restored to wholeness.
Darkness is no less desirable than light.
First there is the darkness of the earth in which the seeds wait all through the winter. We say that God is the Inner Light, but I want to affirm that also the Inner Darkness, and I do not mean desolation or evil, but a quiet waiting and creativity. They work in blessed darkness. You are to love and appreciate yourself, other persons, plants and creatures around you, stars, earth, snow rocks. In the balance that you attain, keep me ever in view.