Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Parting is such sweet sorrow
It is also good to love: because love is difficult. For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation.
~ Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet 7
Some incidents have served to share with me that I very frequently feel too much, and perhaps for reasons that may not rationally make sense. (But hey, who's really rational?)
I am glad though that talking about it made other people realise that we do in fact operate differently and most of the time want different reassurances. And I'm totally okay with that. Because when the other person takes it into consideration, you know that it's been worth it.
And so, thanks!
On another note, I did in fact, though somewhat atypically, travel to see the flowers bloom! (A couple of months ago, actually. I just... haven't been sharing anything about, well. Anything really.) I think, I will remember the scent of the tree that we walked by for days on end as it bloomed through the change of seasons. It was beautiful.
Posted at 9:17 PM
