eternity and the mirror....

how easily i forget and look outside of myself for the Beauty that is ever-present and within. both of the quotes below struck deep in my heart and i wanted to share them with you...one seems to flow very well from the other.....blessings! ~jeni

"Too late I loved you, O Beauty so ancient yet ever new! Too late I loved you! 

And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself; and there I searched for you. 

~St Augustine, Confessions, X, 27

"...Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her

unless she herself be your way and your guide?

And how shall you speak of her

except she be the weaver of your speech...

beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.

But you are life and you are the veil.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

~Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet