the grace of another day

watercolor on aquaboard

“Life is grace. 

Sleep is forgiveness.

 The night absolves. 

Darkness wipes the slate clean,

 not spotless to be sure,

but clean enough

 for another day's chalking.” 

― Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace

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fathomless mystery

watercolor on aquaboard

“Listen to your life.

 See it for the fathomless mystery it is.

 In the boredom and pain of it, 

no less than in the excitement and gladness: 

touch, taste, smell 

your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, 

because in the last analysis

 all moments are key moments, 

and life itself is grace.” 

― Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation

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