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“A fish cannot drown in water,
A bird does not fall in air.
In the fire of creation,
God doesn't vanish:
The fire brightens.
Each creature God made
must live in its own true nature;
How could I resist my nature,
That lives for oneness with God?”

Mechthild of Magdeburg, Meditations from Mechthild of Magdeburg
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Meditations from Mechthild of Magdeburg (Living Library) Meditations from Mechthild of Magdeburg by Mechthild of Magdeburg
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