Be happy about your growth, in which of course you can't
take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident
and calm in front of them and don't torment them with your doubts and don't
frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn't be able to
comprehend.
Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in
common with them, which doesn't necessarily have to alter when you yourself
change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your
own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the
aloneness that you trust.
Don't expect any understanding; but believe in a love that
is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this
love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as
you wish without having to step outside it.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
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