I was reading Slow Lane Dan's latest entry and it reminded me of a piece of writing taken from Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet:
Be patient to all that is unsolved in your heart
Try to love the questions themselves
Do not seek for answers that cannot be given
Because you would not be able to live them
And the point is to live everything
Live the questions now
Perhaps you will then
Gradually
Without knowing it
Live along some distant day
Into the answers
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Hi Campbell,
The lines from Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” are succinct and poignant. This would be an excellent mantra to strive for in life; “live the questions now” and eventually the way will become clear.
Thank you for posting this.
Very thought provoking, Campbell. Thank you
btw, are you falling in love?
Thank you Campbell.
x
Miss L., One could do a lot worse than living by such a mantra.
Nash....hhhmmmm....
Take care Dan.
Hi Campbell,
Aha! "Hmmm..." sounds encouraging!
It does doesn't it...
update : a tennis grand final win because the other team who were only just leading got injured in the final set !!!! Not a great way to win.
Campbell, I'm not sure if I filled out the comment moderation thing for comment on this post...If I did just delete this...
What i had said is that when I read this I thought it was absolutely beautiful..I hope you dont mind but I borrowed it...Abi
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