Sunday, September 14, 2008

The difficult, the beautiful

"Beauty"

I now realize, God, how much you have given me. So much that was beautiful and so much that was hard to bear. Yet, whenever I showed myself ready to bear it, the hard was directly transformed into the beautiful.


— Etty Hillesum quoted in God-Birthing by Michael Dwinell

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4 comments:

  1. TreehuggerSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:34 PM

    Oh what a timely and important reminder! Thank you!

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  2. Ellie FinlaySeptember 15, 2008 at 1:52 PM

    Yes, I agree, Kristin.

    I've admired Etty Hillesum for a long, long time now but that particular quotation is new to me.

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  3. Unique GownsSeptember 18, 2008 at 6:05 AM

    Wow ! I totally agree, by accepting the hardship one can find such joy in life.

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