My desire is for the lightning and its gleam, not for the places and the earth.

According to Ibn Arabi, the lover who sees the lightning in the east loves the east, but had it flashed in the west, he would have loved the west: what he desires is not the place but the light, an image of God who manifests Himself where He wills. Today, when a beauty touches you (a face, a landscape, a word), go back from that place to the Source of that light, and thank God.