God, whose love and joy

God, whose love and joy
     are present everywhere,
can't come to visit you
     unless you aren't there.

--Angelus Silesius (1624-1677) from The Enlightened Heart, ed. by Stephen Mitchell

Ohne Warum (Without Why)

The rose is without why
She blooms because she blooms
She does not care for herself
Asks not if she is seen

--Angelus Silesius (1624-1677) German mystic and poet, convert from Lutheranism to Catholicism, follower of Meister Eckhart, quotes in John O'Donohue, Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World