In the beginning is yearning,
the heart always has room for more,
for something more beautiful,
greater.
That is Man’s greatness and need:
yearning for silence, for
friendship and love.
and where yearning is stilled
it starts up even stronger
Did not your
incarnation, God,
begin with this yearning
for Man?
So may our yearning now begin
to seek you,
and may it end
in having found you.
— Nelly Sachs
German-Swedish poet, born December 10, 1891