Dedicated to Valerie who reminded me of the tenacious ivy, her metaphor for prayer.

Faced with obstacles of concrete or steep walls,  the tenacious ivy can barely hang on, yet its tendrils find a way onward and upward.
       -------G. Hill

Who so loves, believes in the impossible.
      -----Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The tendrils of a new, deeper form of spirituality are growing. It's the greening under the surface crust of consciousness and social paradigm. 
        — Jean Houston

That is faith, cleaving to the Lord, twining round Him with all the tendrils of our heart, as the vine does round its support.
          — Alexander MacLaren

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For More on this Theme:

Buoyancy**

Small, But Not Stilled: That Inner Voice

Journeying