“every one of us stands alone on the heart of the earth,
Transfixed by a beam of sun;
And suddenly it is evening.”
Salvatore Quasimodo
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I love this for its brevity. And its reminder of brevity, well, within its brevity.
It is a reminder that Life is brief.
It is a reminder you have an opportunity to do something meaningful, something that makes an impact (I believe that is that the ‘heart of the earth’ thing)
It’s a reminder that doing something meaningful permits you to bask, even if but briefly, in a spotlight and the warmth of sun.
It’s a reminder that death comes to us all … it is inevitable … so don’t waste time in the beam of sun, for, in the end, the sun sets and it is evening.
But most of all I believe I like it for its positiveness.
That life is lived in light.
It’s a nice thought.
It’s an important thought.
Ponder.