Sunday, January 29, 2012

Thought for the Day

[. . .] If we surrendered
to earth's intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees. [. . .]*
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
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* Quoted from Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God (Riverhead Trade, 2005; Riverhead Books, 1996), translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy

Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926 
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8 comments:

  1. RuthJanuary 29, 2012 at 6:35 AM

    Oh this has been much on my mind, this realm of thought.

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  2. S. EtoleJanuary 29, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    So much to be learned from nature.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 11:04 AM

    René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke .
    his parents got carried away a bit, i would say.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 11:08 AM

    just thinking, with all the words his parents used to name him, it is kind of a given that he would be a child of words.

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  5. Louise GallagherJanuary 29, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    Ah yes. Surrender

    and be rooted in Love

    no matter the season.

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  6. KathleenJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:36 PM

    Oh, yes, I'd love that kind of intelligence and that kind of surrender!

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  7. Hannah StephensonJanuary 30, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    If I could have one superpower, it would be to be able to speak with animals. I feel like they might know the secrets of the universe...

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  8. Andrea (Andee) BeltranJanuary 30, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    Love this, Maureen. Thanks for sharing. It makes me think of Avatar and all the secrets of the earth that have revealed themselves to us but wait to be noticed.

    Have a lovely week!

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