October 17, 2011

The Work Being Accomplished Within You

Portrait of Armand Roulin

So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, since you don't know what work they are accomplishing within you?

Borgeby gärd, Sweden, August 12, 1904
Letters to a Young Poet

1 comment:

  1. these very words should have been embroidered on a shirt that i wore through last week! friends and colleagues would have been so much more understanding and accepting!!! steven

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"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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