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. . . Man. This is actually the opposite of what I need right now, in a weird way, but I'm saving it for when I do need it:
And in þis he shewed me a lytil thyng þe quantite of a hasyl nott. lyeng in þe pawme of my hand as it had semed. and it was as rownde as eny ball. I loked þer upon wt þe eye of my vnderstondyng. and I þought what may þis be. and it was answered generally thus. It is all þat is made. I merueled howe it myght laste. for me þought it myght sodenly haue fall to nought for lytyllhed. & I was answered in my vnderstondyng. It lastyth & euer shall for god louyth it. and so hath all thyng his begynning by þe loue of god. In this lytyll thyng I sawe thre propertees. The fyrst is. þt god made it. þe secunde is þet god louyth it. & þe þrid is. þat god kepith it.
[And in this he showed me a little thing the quantity of a hazel nut, lying in the palm of my hand as it had seemed, and it was as round as any ball. I looked thereupon with the eye of my understanding, and I thought what may this be, and it was answered generally thus: It is all that is made. I marveled how it might last, for methought it might suddenly have fall to nought for [???], and I was answered in my understanding. It lasteth and ever shall for God loveth it, and so hath all thing his beginning by the love of God. In this little thing I saw three properties: The first is, that God made it. The second is, that God loveth it. And the third is, that God keepeth it.]
--Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love [translation by me]
And in þis he shewed me a lytil thyng þe quantite of a hasyl nott. lyeng in þe pawme of my hand as it had semed. and it was as rownde as eny ball. I loked þer upon wt þe eye of my vnderstondyng. and I þought what may þis be. and it was answered generally thus. It is all þat is made. I merueled howe it myght laste. for me þought it myght sodenly haue fall to nought for lytyllhed. & I was answered in my vnderstondyng. It lastyth & euer shall for god louyth it. and so hath all thyng his begynning by þe loue of god. In this lytyll thyng I sawe thre propertees. The fyrst is. þt god made it. þe secunde is þet god louyth it. & þe þrid is. þat god kepith it.
[And in this he showed me a little thing the quantity of a hazel nut, lying in the palm of my hand as it had seemed, and it was as round as any ball. I looked thereupon with the eye of my understanding, and I thought what may this be, and it was answered generally thus: It is all that is made. I marveled how it might last, for methought it might suddenly have fall to nought for [???], and I was answered in my understanding. It lasteth and ever shall for God loveth it, and so hath all thing his beginning by the love of God. In this little thing I saw three properties: The first is, that God made it. The second is, that God loveth it. And the third is, that God keepeth it.]
--Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love [translation by me]