The discipline by which the inner fire of God is tended

Silence is the discipline by which the inner fire of God is tended and kept.

~ Henri Nouwen

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Sometimes with
the bones of the black
sticks left when the fire
has gone out

someone has written
something new
in the ashes of your life.

~ David Whyte in "The Journey" from THE HOUSE OF BELONGING