of the mother's love begotten

Of the Mother's love begotten, ere the worlds began to be,

She is Alpha and Omega, She the source, the ending She

Of the things that are, that have been

And that future years shall see, evermore and evermore!

the embrace of the circle

A person who wishes to begin a good life should be like a man who draws a circle. Let him get the centre in the right place and keep it so and the circumference will be good. In other words, let a man first learn to fix his heart on God and then his good deeds will have virtue; but if a man's heart is unsteady, even the great things he does will be of small advantage.

Just today I was discussing with a friend how circles can represent energy and movement as well as limits and restraint, when I found the above quoted on a blog.

I aspire to a rootedness that I don't have right now; the image of standing in a circle helps me focus - being held by it, but looking outwards, beyond myself.