Often a star was waiting for you to notice it. A wave rolled toward you out of the distant path, or as you walked under an open window, a violin yielded itself to your hearing. All this was mission.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of being aware of the beauty and opportunities that surround us every day.
Rainer Maria Rilke's quote suggests that there are countless moments and elements in life that are waiting to be acknowledged and appreciated. From the distant wave that rolls toward us to the music from a violin, these experiences are like missions calling for our attention. By being open to the world around us, we can discover profound beauty and significance in the seemingly ordinary moments of life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about mindfulness, I would use this quote to illustrate how being present can reveal hidden beauties in our lives.
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
Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.
I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'
Truth that is not undergirded by love makes the truth obnoxious and the possessor of it repulsive.
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.
But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.
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