A friend sent me two poems: one by Rilke, the other by Rumi, that give me both tears and comfort during these challenging times.

Date:   12/4/2020 3:51:02 AM ( 4 y ago)

Give Me Your Hand - Rilke

God speaks to each of us as he makes us,
then walks with us silently out of the night.

These are the words we dimly hear:

You, sent out beyond your recall,
go to the limits of your longing.
Embody me.

Flare up like flame
and make big shadows I can move in.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going.
No feeling is final.
Don’t let yourself lose me.

Nearby is the country they call life.
You will know it by its seriousness.

Give me your hand.




Keep Walking - Rumi

Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to.
Don’t try to see through the distances.
That’s not for human beings.

Move within, but don’t move the way fear makes you move.
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty & frightened.
Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading.

Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

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