I looked at this tiny, perfect creature and it was as though a light switch had been turned on. A great rush of love flooded out of me.
Interpretation
The quote expresses an overwhelming feeling of love triggered by the sight of a beautiful creature.
In this quote, Madeleine L'Engle captures the moment of profound emotional connection that often arises when one encounters something truly beautiful or innocent, such as a small creature. This experience acts as a catalyst, igniting feelings of love and compassion that may have been dormant, illustrating how beauty can evoke deep emotional responses and change our perspectives.
In practice
In a speech about parenting, one could say, 'Just like Madeleine L'Engle expressed, when I look at my child, love floods over me in an unexplainable way.'
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.
George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.
The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.
When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.
When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.
Hot hate is twin brother to hot love.
I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'
If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another. Those others are waiting for you now. They are looking to you for guidance, for help, for courage, for strength, for understanding, and for assurance at this hour. Most of all, they are looking to you for love.
Love is familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love." -
If you don't love yourself, I'll make you see your own heart.
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