Air is
like God. It is always near, and you can’t see it. You learn how necessary it
is when you lack it.
Sun is
like God. It can both warm you up or burn you. You cannot look at it directly
without pain in your eyes. All living creatures are drawn to it. All living
creatures are fed by its power.
Sea is
like God. When it is transparent and tender, it is like a Big One being tender
towards a Small One. When it roars and seethes, you can’t argue with it.
A man is
like God when he provides for his family and is ready to fight for it. And when
he spares his words and seldom smiles.
A woman
is like God, too, when she breastfeeds and when she gets up to her crying baby
at night. When she dissolves in her children and breaks the habit of thinking
about herself.
There’s
so much in this world that is like God. Where do atheists come from?
Archpriest Andrey Tkachev
Translated
by The Catalog of Good Deeds
CONVERSATION