Love Frees

All day long the little donkey labors, sometimes
with heavy loads on her back and sometimes just
with worries about the things that bother only donkeys.
And worries, as we know, can be more exhausting
than physical labor.

Once in a while a kind monk comes to her stable
and brings a pear, but more than that, he looks
into the donkey’s eyes and touches her ears and
for a few seconds the donkey is free and
even seems to laugh, because love does that.

Love frees.

~ Meister Eckhart