I am reading Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet" again. The first letter poses a profound question.
"This above all - ask yourself in the stillest hour of your night: must I write? Delve into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should be affirmative, if you may meet this earnest question with a strong and simple "I must," then build your life according to this necessity; your life even into its most indifferent and slightest hour must be a sign of this urge and a testimony to it".
At the beginning of each day, as I look out over the Culm Valley, the question has to be What must I do today? And then I build my life according to this necessity for I believe that it is God given.
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