I’ve been reading John O’Donohue’s book Beauty: the invisible embrace.

As with his other books, I like to give myself the gift of reading him early in the morning.

I love to breathe in all the breath-taking things he has shared with the world.

Today, he offered up the words you see below, and I’ve put them together with some mandalas that I’ve coloured, in a tiny tribute to beauty.

November 2025 — let yourself embrace the beauty of darkness!