DESPAIR

LIFE's DILEMMA

IF YOU CAST YOURSELF INTO THE SEA,
OF LIFE WITHOUT ANY GUIDANCE,
THIS IS FULL OF DANGER.
BECAUSE MAN MISTAKES THINGS
WHICH ARISE WITHIN HIMSELF
FOR THINGS ARISING FROM ELSEWHERE.

IF ON THE OTHER HAND YOU TRAVEL
ON A SEA OF LIFE IN A SHIP, THIS IS PERILOUS,
BECAUSE THERE IS THE DANGER
OF ATTACHMENT TO THE VEHICLE.

IN ONE CASE THE END IS NOT KNOWN,
AND THERE IS NO GUIDANCE.

IN THE OTHER CASE THE MEANS
BECOMES THE END, AND THERE IS
NO ARRIVING.

~Lonely Being~

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