"So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness conf...

"So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, since you don't know what work they are accomplishing within you?" - R. M. Rilke (from Letters to a Young Poet)

Wise words indeed...from a man whose health was poor, and whose life was far from easy, and yet the art he made was nothing short of sublime.