Life has not forgotten you

So don’t be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, since you don’t know what work they are accomplishing within you?

– Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

Once again, from the beautiful blog A Year with Rilke

8 thoughts on “Life has not forgotten you”

  1. Thank you for re-acquainting me with this lovely from Rilke. It weaves in nicely with some written ruminating I was doing earlier today about the difference in hope and keeping vigil. Kinda’ closes a gap for me.

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