It is when alone that we get to know where
we can go and how far, it is when alone that we get to know who we are.
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try
to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far
away... and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast....
be happy about your growth, in which of course you can't take anyone with you,
and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of
them and don't torment them with your doubts and don't frighten them with your
faith or joy, which they wouldn't be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple
and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn't
necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you
see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward
those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust....
and don't expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored
up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a
strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without
having to step outside it.”
(Rainer Maria Rilke)
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