Often you will find that nothing happens in
your prayer. You say, I am sitting there and getting distracted. But if
you develop the discipline of spending one half-hour a day listening to the
voice of love, you will gradually discover that something is happening of which
you were not even conscious. It might be
only in retrospect that you discover the voice that blesses you. You that that what happened during your time
of listening was nothing more than a lot of confusion, but then you discover yourself
looking forward to your quiet time and missing it when you can’t have it. The movement of God’s Spirit is very gentle,
very soft – and hidden. It does not seek
attention. But that moment is also very
persistent, strong and deep. It changes
our hearts radically.
--Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved
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Odilon Redon, Reflection, https://www.odilon-redon.org/the-complete-works.html?q=reflection
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