The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. And only those who listen can speak authentically.
He stepped back and breathed more slowly, and what he saw, lit by warning washes of honey and gold, was a respite in stillness from the unacknowledged acts of women to hallow home. That stillness today, he thought, might be all he would ever know of the Realm of Heaven.