Goethe - "Happy only is the soul that loves."

Petra sends us Goethe today -


Ah, how beautiful are these words, how comforting as we move through the often rapidly changing currents of our days.


















Freudvoll                         Joyful

Und leidvoll,                         and painful,

Gedankenvoll sein,                 Thoughtful,


Langen                                
Longing

Und bangen                      
  and trembling

In schwebender Pein,    
            in hovering torment

Himmelhoch jauchzend,                 now shouting in triumph,


Zum Tode betrübt -                
now sunk in despair

Glücklich
allein                         Happy only

Ist die Seele, die liebt.                  is the soul that loves.