Today's Stichomancy for Shakira

The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale:

In winter fog, in gathering mist The gray grim battle had its end -- And at the very last we knew His enemy had turned his friend.

The Sanctuary

If I could keep my innermost Me Fearless, aloof and free Of the least breath of love or hate, And not disconsolate At the sick load of sorrow laid on men; If I could keep a sanctuary there