The size of a hazelnut?

I figured it might be a good idea to give an explanation as to where the title of the blog comes from.

The wonderful mystic of the church Julian of Norwich is probably best known for the quote:

"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well"

This came from one of her many beautiful visions.  Another one contained this imagery:

In this vision he also showed a little thing, the size of a hazelnut in the palm of my hand, and it was as round as a ball. I looked at it with my mind's eye and thought, 'What can this be?' And the answer came to me, 'It is all that is made'. I wondered how it could last, for it was so small I thought it might suddenly have disappeared. And the answer in my mind was, 'It lasts and will last forever because God loves it; and everything exists in the same way by the love of God.' - Julian of Norwich.

I thought it was so beautiful that I'd like to share it, and so here we are.

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