"If you have ever had occasion to be out early in the morning before dawn breaks, you will have noticed that the darkest time of night is immediately before dawn.  The darkness deepens and becomes more anonymous.  If you had never been to the world and never known what a day was, you couldn't possibly imagine how the darkness breaks, how the mystery and color of a new day arrive.  Light is incredibly generous, but also gentle..."

     - John O'Donohue

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