We become aware of the sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the profane . . . something sacred shows itself to us . . . something of a wholly different order, a reality that does not belong to our world, in objects that are an integral part of our natural "profane" world.
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
~ Og Mandino in THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD