“The world, whatever we might think about it, terrified by its vastness and by our helplessness in the face of it, embittered by its indifference to individual suffering – of people, animals, and perhaps also plants, for how can we be sure that plants are free of suffering; whatever we might think about its spaces pierced by the radiation of stars, stars around which we now have begun to discover planets, already dead? still dead? – we don’t know; whatever we might think about this immense theater, to which we may have a ticket, but it is valid for a ridiculously brief time, limited by two decisive dates; whatever else we might think about this world – it is amazing.”
~ Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska-Włodek (1923 – 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator. She was described as a “Mozart of Poetry”. Szymborska was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature “for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality”.
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I’m hoping her poetry was more intelligible than this piece of prose. Yeow. The grammar had me spinning.
And she forces us to go deep. Magic.
I found this magnificent – it is not the idea that is new, but the way she distilled it down to the most fundamental truths. This isn’t a dress rehearsal, as they say.
Me too Mimi. I loved it.
Every moment is precious….think I need to have that tattooed somewhere as a constant reminder….
Me too Lori, me too
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 8:23 AM, lead.learn.live. wrote:
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we do not act like it–we act like we have all the time in the world
Yes, we do exactly that.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 9:05 AM, lead.learn.live. wrote:
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I really love this insight. Magic indeed.
It is Sheri. Thanks.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:54 PM, lead.learn.live. wrote:
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live it. no refunds.