Telegram from God
Steadfast and
courageous is he, who
having overcome
woe and grief remains
alone and undaunted;
alone I say, for to be
otherwise would hardly
seem possible,
for one must bear
one’s conscience alone.
He must fight the
battle, and he must win
the battle, odds or
no odds. He must win
to establish the
equilibrium tranquility
of body and soul,
and sooner or later
he will erupt as a
volcano of unlimited
confidence which
will purpose his life
thereafter; and
having given birth to such
magnificence, he
will no longer be alone
alone, but alone
in society, and he will
see the mirror of
his puerile grief in
the eyes of his
fellow man.
Composed in
Annecy, France
November 21, 1968
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