A creative adventure

The losses we have suffered,

the delight and peace we have experienced,

the beauty we have known,

all belong together in a profound way...

When we befriend the twilight side of the heart,

We discover a surer tranquillity

where the darkness and the brightness of our lives dwell together....

We awaken our passion to live

and are no longer afraid of the unknown,

for even the darkest night

has a core of twilight.

We recover within us some of the native integrity

that wild places enjoy outside.

We learn to befriend our complexity

and see the dance of opposition within us

not as a negative or destructive thing

but as an invitation to a creative adventure.

John O'Donohue

NOTE: This John O'Donohue quotation is from his book, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (© John O’Donohue. All rights reserved). To learn more about John O'Donohue, be sure to visit his website: www.johnodonohue.com