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The Eighth Letter (from “Letters to a Young Poet”) by Rainer Maria Rilke – Words … for the Time Being

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“I want to talk to you again for a little while…” A bit of a longer read for you, dear friend and reader, from Rilke. Most comforting to be read as a whole versus any snippets I may extract for you, though if forced, the following stand-out to me: So you mustn’t be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an anxiety, like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and over everything you do. You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. and And if there is one more thing that I must say to you, it is this: Don’t think that the person who is trying to comfort you now lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes give you pleasure. His life has much trouble and sadness, and remains far behind yours. If it were otherwise, he would never have been able to find those words. As lovely as it is, Spring is a diffi

“I want to talk to you again for a little while…” A bit of a longer read for you, dear friend and reader, from Rilke. Most comforting to be read as a whole versus any snippets I may extract for you, though if forced, the following stand-out to me: So you mustn’t be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an anxiety, like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and over everything you do. You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and

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