That Which can Never die

What is that which can never die? It is that faithful force that is born into us, that one that is greater than us, that calls new seed to the open and battered and barren places, so we can be resown. It is this force, in its insistence, in its loyalty to us, in its love of us, in its most often mysterious ways, that is far greater, far more majestic, and far more ancient than any heretofore ever known. (Clarissa Pin Estes, The Faithful Gardener, A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die)