myfaithisnotdead.
"We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed. Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything."
And I said to all the things that throng about the gateways of my senses: “Tell me of my God, since you are not He”. Tell me something of Him.” And they cried out in a great voice: “He made us.” My question was my gazing upon them, and their answer was their beauty. And I turned to myself and said: “And you, who are you?” And I answered: “A man.
Saint Augustine
