If we surrenderedto earth’s intelligencewe could rise up roo... - Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

"If we surrenderedto earth’s intelligencewe could rise up rooted, like trees.Instead we entangle ourselvesin knots of our own makingand struggle, lonely and confused.So like children, we begin again...to fall,patiently to trust our heaviness.Even a bird has to do thatbefore he can fly."

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