A poem by Claudia Crispolti that could have been written by Seneca or by any stoic philosopher of ancient times. It shows how stoicism is still part of our way of thinking and probably will ever be, no matter what devils our world is presenting to us everyday. (translated from Italian by UB)
LET IT BREAK
Let things break, stop trying to keep them glued together.
Let the people get angry,
Let them criticize you, their reaction is not your problem.
Let it all fall apart, and don't worry about afterwards.
Where will I go?
What am I going to do?
No one has ever been lost along the way, no one has ever been without shelter.
What is destined to go will go away anyway.
What will have to remain, will remain anyway.
Too much effort is never a good sign, too much effort is a sign of conflict with the universe.
Relations
Work
Home
Friends and great loves
Give everything to the earth and the sky, water when you can, pray and dance but then let what it needs to blossom and let the dry leaves come off on their own.
What goes away always leaves room for something new: they are universal laws.
And never think that there is nothing good for you anymore, just that you have to stop holding on to what must be let go.
Only when your journey is over, then the possibilities will run out, but until then, let it all fall apart, let it go, let it be.
_Claudia Crispolti _
Hello again. That has a very Taoist Spirit, like something from the Chinese 'Warring States' period of chaos in between Empires. Coincidence?
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