9th Duino Elegy Why, if it’s possible to come into existence as laurel, say, a little darker green than other trees, with ripples edging each leaf (like a wind, smiling): why then do we have to be human, and keep running from the fate we are made for and long for? Oh, not because of Happiness – that fleeting gift before the … Read More
Sonnets from Rilke
Does time, as it passes, really destroy? Part Two, Sonnet XXVII RILKE Does Time, as it passes, really destroy? It may rip the fortress from its rock; but can this heart, that belongs to God, be torn from Him by circumstance? Are we as fearfully fragile as fate would have us believe? Can we ever be severed from childhood’s deep promise? Ah, the knowledge … Read More
Poems by Rilke
Poems by Rilke , April 22nd.2012 Personal Guidelines for the Great Turning Come from Gratitude To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe–to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it–is a wonder beyond words. Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all … Read More