Don't be too quick to draw conclusions from what happens to you; simply let it happen. Otherwise it will be too easy for you to look with blame... at your past, which naturally has a share with everything that now meets you.
Interpretation
This quote advises against hastily judging experiences and encourages acceptance without blame.
Rainer Maria Rilke suggests that one should not rush to conclusions regarding life's events. By letting experiences unfold naturally, individuals can avoid the trap of blaming their past for their current circumstances. Embracing this perspective fosters a deeper understanding of life and its complexities, helping one to live in the present without being hindered by past judgments.
In practice
During a motivational speech about resilience, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of perspective.
Spring has again returned. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Earth is like a child that knows many poems._x000D_ _x000D_ Many, O so many. For the hardship_x000D_ _x000D_ of such long learning she receives the prize._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Strict was her teacher. _x000D_ _x000D_ The white in the old man's beard pleases us._x000D_ _x000D_ Now, what to call green, to call blue,_x000D_ _x000D_ we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!
Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.
a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude
He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
The only journey is the one within.
And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been
... they are structures that we build every time we engage in a thought that's just a little bit higher than a thought we had a moment before, or an activity that's just a little bit more noble than the activity we engaged in a moment before.
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.
Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.
Experiment with this a little. During these days that you are here with me, don't nourish any desire for happiness, and then see how your heart becomes filled with happiness. Don't have any desire for peace, and see how the turmoil within you vanishes. Don't beg for contentment and see how contentment showers down on you. Please try this - only then will you understand.
True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
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