The Hope of Loving

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Nancy Wait

The Hope of Loving 

by Meister Eckhart

Watercolor by NW (22×30″) 1980s

What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?

I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.

I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey
to find its source, and how the moon wept
without her lover’s
warm gaze.

We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We wither
like fields if someone close
does not rain their
kindness upon us.

About Nancy Wait

Nancy Wait is an artist a writer, a writing coach/editor, and author of the memoir "The Nancy Who Drew, The Memoir That Solved A Mystery." She is a former actress (stage, film and TV) in the UK under the name of Nancie Wait. She hosted the blog talk radio show "Art and Ascension," and more recently, "Inspirational Storytellers." Nancy is currently at work on the sequel to her memoir, "The Nancy Who Drew the Way Home," to be published in 2020.
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2 Responses to The Hope of Loving

  1. Tamera says:
    May 9, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    What a perfectly beautiful pairing…You are loved.

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    • Nancy Wait says:
      May 9, 2011 at 7:27 pm

      Thank you, Tammy!

      And yes, it is much simpler and easier for us nowadays to know that we are loved, but for Meister Eckhart, living in the late 13th century, early 14th…
      not so much… Harsh times, those…

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      Reply

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