You've landed now,

with legs full of the earth

and hair full of the rain

that cleansed and renewed

and gave you yourself again.

You're now building your world

with wiser hands.

Worship the storm that dropped you here.

It gave you a new language.

(Victoria Erickson) 

 in diesem aufrechten gang bleiben

inmitten der verkauften landschaft

die worte erheben zu einem gebet

den widerstand tragen wie eine monstranz

sich selbst kein aufgeben gestatten

hellsichtige warnungen verfassen

täglich die eigene welt erobern

inmitten der verstorbenen hoffnungsträger

keiner selbsttäuschung hingeben

an sich glauben und in sich bleiben

in der liebe im eigenen herzverstand

(Hermann Josef Schmitz, wortgarage.blogspot.com)

 

 

It’s dark because you are trying too hard. 

Lightly child, lightly. 

Learn to do everything lightly.

 Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.

 Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.

 So throw away your baggage and go forward.

 There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet,

trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair.

That’s why you must walk so lightly. 

(Aldous Huxley)