LOVE

A mighty force it is, this thing love,
mighty and altogether good;
alone it takes the weight from every burden,
alone it bears evenly the uneven load.

It bears a burden as if no burden were there,
makes the bitter things of life sweet and good to taste.

There is nothing sweeter than love,
nothing stronger,
nothing higher,
nothing wider,
nothing fuller,
nothing better in heaven or earth;

for love is born of God,
and only in God,
above all that he has created,
can it find rest.

Thomas à Kempis