Pride

Image: Crazy Crack in Rock by Sean Sweeney

Even rocks crack, I'm telling you,
and not on account of age.              
For years they lie on their backs
in the heat and the cold,
so many years,
it almost creates the illusion of calm. 
They don't move, so the cracks stay hidden.      
A kind of pride.
Years pass over them as they wait.
Whoever is going to shatter them
hasn't come yet.
And so the moss flourishes, the seaweed
whips around,
the sea bursts forth and rolls back --  
and still they seem motionless.                 
Till a little seal comes to rub up against the rocks,      
comes and goes.                          
And suddenly the rock has an open wound.
I told you, when rocks crack, it comes as a surprise.
All the more so, people.

~ Dahlia Ravikovitch

(Translated by Chana Bloch and Ariel Bloch)

Pride

Image: Crazy Crack in Rock by Sean Sweeney

Even rocks crack, I'm telling you,
and not on account of age.              
For years they lie on their backs
in the heat and the cold,
so many years,
it almost creates the illusion of calm. 
They don't move, so the cracks stay hidden.      
A kind of pride.
Years pass over them as they wait.
Whoever is going to shatter them
hasn't come yet.
And so the moss flourishes, the seaweed
whips around,
the sea bursts forth and rolls back --  
and still they seem motionless.                 
Till a little seal comes to rub up against the rocks,      
comes and goes.                          
And suddenly the rock has an open wound.
I told you, when rocks crack, it comes as a surprise.
All the more so, people.

~ Dahlia Ravikovitch

(Translated by Chana Bloch and Ariel Bloch)

Quote on strength

Source: Facebook

In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.

I realized, through all that, that…

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against, me, within me, there’s something stronger—something better, pushing right back.  

~ Albert Camus

Quote on strength

Source: Facebook

In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.

I realized, through all that, that…

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against, me, within me, there’s something stronger—something better, pushing right back.  

~ Albert Camus