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The Elements Were "seeking" Each Other In Rage And Confusion, And In The Fury Of The Conflict Boastful Man Was Utterly Humiliated, Sucked Down, Drowned.

...the Simple Little Words Came Easily, Fitting Themselves To The Tune That Had Come Out Of The Harpsichord. It Didn't Seem To Her That She Made Them Up At All. It Seemed To Her That They Flew In From The Rose-garden, Through The Open Window, Like A Lot Of Butterflies, Poised Themselves On The Point Of Her Pen, And Fell Off It On To The Paper.

[i]f You Believe In God Omnipresent, Then You Must Believe Everything That Comes Into Your Life, Person Or Event, Must Have Something Of God In It To Be Experienced And Loved; Not Hated.

The Whole Universe Was Stilled As If Listening For A Voice. For The Space Of One Heartbeat There Was Peace On Earth. For One Fraction Of A Moment There Was No Deed Of Violence Wrought On Earth, No Hatred, No Fire, No Whirlwind, No Pain, No Fear. Existence Rested Against The Heart Of God, Then Sighed And Journeyed Again.

She Realized With Deep Respect That This Woman Had Always Done What She Had To Do And Faced What She Had To Face. If Many Of Her Fears And Burdens Would Have Seemed Unreal To Another Woman, There Was Nothing Unreal About Her Courage.