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Monday, January 14, 2008

Let It Be You...!

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And yet, though we strain
against the deadening grip
of daily necessity,
I sense there is this mystery:

All life is being lived.

Who is living it then?
Is it the things themselves,
or something waiting inside them,
like an unplayed melody in a flute?

Is it the winds blowing over the waters?
Is it the branches that signal to each other?Is it flowers
interweaving their fragrances
or streets, as they wind through time?

~Rainer Maria Rilke

(Photo by robw1882.)

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I really liked this a lot. Love the photo too.

This is beautiful prose and I thank you for sharing it. The photo makes you stop and take a breath. Perfect.
xo Rella

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