Quote: You don’t have to fear to be afraid! Quote end.
It’s my first time sitting in front of my PC monitor, and I have no idea what to write or share. However, I stumbled upon this poem by Nietzsche and was amazed at how much I could relate to it. You know, when someone like me is constantly bombarded with everything happening in the world, whether it’s social or political, and sees nothing but betrayal and lies from all sides (and I really mean all sides: left or right!), there’s only one option: to retreat within oneself and hide from the world. And I do it certainly; immerse myself inside and let me drift in the world of dreams.
Here is the poem I meant; Nietzsche’s poem can’t be something else…
“I hate to follow; I also hate to lead.
Should I obey?
No!
And to rule?
Not even this!
He who does not fear himself does not cause fear.
And only what causes fear can lead others.
I hate even guiding myself!
I like it, like the animals of the forest and the sea,
to get lost for a while
I’m sitting cross-legged in a wasteland
and to reflect
to bring me back again from afar,
luring myself back to me again.”
The painting at the top: Lohmuller Gyuri – Lamentation
Source: The Clown
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Like the poem by N. Had not read it before.
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Thank you for being here. 🙏
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I love it. Been there. Perfect poem. Beautiful images.
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Always one step ahead! Thank you, dear Jeane. 😅💖
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That was a beautiful share.🙏🌷
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Thank you very much, Laleh jan. 🙏🤗
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Always pleasure.🌺
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Love the poem brother 🙂
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So did I; it seems to fit us both. 😉🖖
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Aww, many thanks for sharing this beautiful and deeply wise poem. It was my first read today and I ab-soul-utely love the idea of allowing myself to get lost … in order to find the lost pieces of myself. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend and still celebrating your birthday! Love and light, Deborah.
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Oh, dear. My lovely angel, I am honoured to catch your attention on your holidays. It is true: to get lost in the inner soul to find the self. By the way, I have forgotten my birthday immediately! But I can remember to congrats another birthday, which might be these days… Yours? 😉🤗💖
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No, not mine Aladin as I was born late autumn, November, in the dark half of the year where as you prepare to leave your 60s this next year, I enter my 60s when I reach the Big Six-Oh later this year! x
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Sorry for my aged grey old cells, My lovely Deborah, and thanks for reminding me. Then I know we have a light at the end of the year’s dark season. 🥰🌺
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Aww, what a sweetheart you are dear Aladin! Love and light, Deborah 🥰❤️🌟
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I relate to getting lost in the forest in order to be found. This reminds me of a favorite poem by David Wagoner called “Lost”:
“You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.”
I am comforted knowing the trees know where I am even though I feel so lost. Be well. Take good care of yourself.
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Beautiful poem! However, I would like only to be found by trees when I get lost in the forest. Thank you, dear Elaine. Take care, too; blessing.
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Of course you didn’t need long after sitting down at the computer before a wonderful idea for a new blog post came… And here it is! 💻💭
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You are right, my lovely friend. ❤️ Thank you so much. 🙏🥰🤗❤️
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Interesting poem.
I get it, in my way. That’s why I sew and draw.
Be well! xoxo
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You got it, my dear lady. Thank you!🤙🙏🖖💖
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I relate so much. I share your pain, my friend. That we should live among such cruel, dishonest individuals who will others to suffer, who propers at his brother and sister’s expense. And too many people condone this behavior! Celebrate it!? It makes me sick. And I too retreat into isolation and dreams, to spare others my misery. Melancholy men we are. But we know beauty too And Love And believe in our intuitive understanding of the world. Of Truth and goodness. Nobody can take that from us! 💙📖
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You are talking from my heart, mate. Also, we might have to endure pain, but we come out wiser in the end! As Jung says, “They speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness, forgetting that happiness is itself poisoned if the measure of suffering has not been fulfilled.” 🤗🖖🙏
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