«Τριών λογιών είναι οι ψυχές, τριών λογιών οι προσευχές:
α' Δοξάρι είμαι στα χέρια σου Κύριε, τέντωσέ με να μη σαπίσω
β' Μη με παρατεντώσεις, θα σπάσω
γ' Παρατέντωσέ με, κι ας σπάσω.
Διάλεξε.»
Νίκος Καζαντζάκης, Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο
Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco
"Three kinds of souls, three prayers:
a) I am a bow in your hands, Lord. Draw me, lest I rot
b) Do not overdraw me, Lord. I shall break
c) Overdraw me, Lord, who cares if I break.
Choose."
Τα Υπ' Όψιν της 17 Μαϊου 2020
3 years ago
3 comments:
A soul is an entity, a prayer is an expression of agony or gratitude.
You may choose an expression.
Can you choose an entity?
And if these two are the same thing, can you CHOOSE?
know the soul first. Which one of the three. Then choose the prayer.
At first, I liked the third choice. Life is so short that we should make every effort to live it to the fullest esxtent...and we would never know how far we can go until we actually break....on the other hand, I like the first choice best because it leaves open the question of whether or not one will break....we could hit our target and never break, but if we never move forward, we will rot.
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