The Wind Will Show Its Kindness

A man

born blind can easily

deny the magnificence of a vast landscape.

He can easily deny all the wonders he cannot

smell, taste, or hear.

But one day the wind will show its kindness

and remove the tiny patches that

cover your eyes,

and you will see God more clearly

than you have ever seen

yourself.

Meister Eckhart (ca 1260-ca 1328) German mystic, poet, theologian, and philosopher, from Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from East and West, ed. by Daniel Ladinsky.

View across Yosemite Valley to Bridal Veil Falls, 2011.