Writer's Wednesday - Hadewijch

No matter how sad the season and silent the birds,

brave hearts enduring pain willingly --

for Love -- have no need of sadness.

They know and understand all things instead --

sweetness and cruelty, joy and sorrow --

they know everything must be lived through for Love's sake.

Patience.

--- Hadewijch, a Christian mystic. (1150-1200 ad.)

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