If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The divine is found not in distant places but in the innocent gaze of a baby seeing the sun.
- In plain terms
- You can feel God in a baby waking up and seeing the sun.
- What can you take from it?
- Look for the infinite in simple, everyday moments.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you find the infinite?
- How does innocence reveal truth?
Another view
This view assumes a spiritual perspective that not all share.
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