"One sultry day in midsummer I invited a troubled friend from down the coast to visit me in the hermitage; if anywhere could bring her calm, I thought, it would be here. As soon as I led her into the chapel, she broke into tears before the small cross suspended from a skylight in a warm, round, golden space.
"You're moved?" I asked.
"Not only." I could hear what even the stillness could not heal. "I can feel all the things I never had when I was growing up. That sense of protectedness, of being held."
Page 204, 'The Man Within My Head', Pico Iyer
"You're moved?" I asked.
"Not only." I could hear what even the stillness could not heal. "I can feel all the things I never had when I was growing up. That sense of protectedness, of being held."
Page 204, 'The Man Within My Head', Pico Iyer
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Van Brown directed me to your blog. I'm looking forward to reading more.
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