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There is nothing I can give you
that you do not already have.
But there is much that,
while I cannot give it,
you can take.
No heaven can come to us
unless our hearts find rest in today.
Take heaven!
No peace lies in the future
which is not hidden
in this present instant.
Take peace!
The gloom of the world
is but a shadow.
Behind it,
yet within our reach,
is joy.
There is radiance and glory
in the darkness,
could we but see.
And to see
we have only to look.
And so, at this time,
I greet you.
Not quite as the world sends greetings,
but with profound esteem.
Friar Giovanni, 1513
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