in vermutlich jedem siebten blog in dieser und jeder denkbaren hemisphäre findet sich dieses gedicht, das charlie chaplin anlässlich seines 70. geburtstages verfasste. berechtigterweise, wie ich finde.
und da es gerade so schön zu meinen grübeleien passt und ich es zudem in einem buch mit einem sehr dummen titel und umso un-dummeren inhalten gefunden habe...
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.
Today, I know, this is "AUTHENTICITY".
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody As I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me.
Today I call it "RESPECT".
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow.
Today I call it "MATURITY".
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm.
Today I call it "SELF-CONFIDENCE".
As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm.
Today I call it "SIMPLICITY".
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health - food, people, things, situations, and everything the drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.
Today I know it is "LOVE OF ONESELF".
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time.
Today I discovered that is "MODESTY".
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING is happening.
Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it "FULFILLMENT".
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally.
Today I call this connection "WISDOM OF THE HEART".
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born.
Today I know THAT IS "LIFE"!
Charles Chaplin, April 16th, 1959
("My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist." and: "I remain just one thing, and one thing only — and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.")
Dear Mr. Chaplin,
AntwortenLöschenwhat you wrote is simply adorable. I wish you were alive so I could ask you the one crucial thing you left out: How, how the *** did you manage to start loving yourself.
Aiming to follow your lead
Tanja
as i'm not mr chaplin - just another of his fans - i can do nothing but at least photocopy certain pages from a certain book for you, or - alternatively - explain them to you the next time we meet. because - i just found out - there might be a way...
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