You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light.

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You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light. The quote by William Blake may be symbolic of the way we try to control people and things, seeking to shape their nature before they have even had a chance to develop.

By shaping things too early, we can condemn them to failure. Many people also see this as an indication that the Creator has intervened in the world at some point; that there is hope that He will help us or that He will bring things back into our grasp again.

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