It's bitter cold today, but sunny. I milked the cows, but there's not
much milk now, as they are near the end of their lactation. So I only
milk them 3-4 days a week, and I could stop altogether, but I cherish
the time outside, in the morning, when it's just me and them.
Nevertheless, it was nice to come in from the cold, and read Maria Popova's Brain Pickings
of the week. I came across this beautiful passage, written by Khalil
Gibran in 1911, in a letter to Mary Haskell, with whom he had a deep
connection. (source):
There is an old Arabic song which begins “Only God and I know what is in
my heart” — and today, after rereading your last three letters, I said
out loud “Only God and Mary and I know what is in my heart.” I would
open my heart and carry it in my hand so that others may know also; for
there is no deeper desire than the desire of being revealed. We all want
that little light in us to be taken from under the bushel.
Peace
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