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On the way to God the difficulties
feel like being ground by a millstone,
like night coming at noon, like
lightning through the clouds

But don't worry!
What must come, comes,
Face everything with love
as your mind dissolves in God

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Lord, you exist
as me. Your power moves,
and I start walking.

A prior impulse is the only difference
between us.
Other than that,
everything I am is You.
 

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Translation by Daniel Odier