Somewhere Deep Within You, There Is an Angel

Somewhere deep within you, there is an angel.

Beneath the insecurities and comparisons and nagging fears, your forgotten angel longs for release. Everyone has this inner guardian, that sacred part of ourselves that shines with love and kindness and quiet benevolence.

In childhood they spilled out of us freely.

Back then, our angels had no reason to hide. Their light was effortless. If you doubt this, stand near a playground and listen. The laughter, the shouts, the wild-hearted imaginings.

Children sparkle with a purity that adulthood slowly buries.

As George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) noted: “The angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.”

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(Photo by John Patrick Weiss)