We are capable of loving and belonging because the soul holds the echo of a primal intimacy.

"We are capable of loving and belonging because the soul holds the echo of a primal intimacy. This original echo whispers within every heart. The soul did not invent itself. It is a presence from the divine world, where intimacy has no limit or barrier. People who lead solitary lives often stumble upon this great wellspring of love within the heart. This is not a question of forcing yourself to love yourself. It is more a question of exercising reserve, of inviting the wellspring of love that is, after all, your deepest nature to flow through your life . . . The infinity that haunts everyone and which no one can finally quell is the infinity of one's own interiority. You feel that you are being looked at from the strangeness of the eternal. The infinity gazing out at you from within is from an ancient time."

John O'Donohue
"Anam Cara"

Photo: A blue ice cavern opens up on Lake Haiyaha, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, March 16, 2015