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The sorrow that a man feels
- whenever he sees a silent universe surrounding him,
whenever he observes the infinite flow of everything dragging away
his desires for happiness and understanding,
letting him naked upon the ship of time, sailing in vanity
- arises like a shadow following him,
a shadow so big and terrifying,
that in order for him to survive,
he must pass some of it to his children.
Let them help you.
Life is too hard and dangerous for you to march alone.
How could you let them enslave you?
What kind of life is this?
Do you want to be free or captive?
Don't worry for I am here to help you
to give you the power to set yourself free.
Listen to that silence around you.
The universes is so indifferent to your existence.
It lets you free to do whatever you want,
but the moment you achieve something,
it instantly reminds you how unimportant you are.
Your greatest achievement can be just one leap
a few elevating moments and then back down again.
Is it worthy for you to try and jump
if you know exactly where you are going to land again?
Your are afraid.
It is so rational for you to be afraid.
A human not afraid of anything is simply not human.
How can you conquer fear?
With faith.
Believe in something with all your powers,
with all your soul and you will conquer your fears.
Take a look at your life.
Whenever you conquer one fear of yours, one other appears.
Whenever you overcome one obstacle, a new one appears in front of you.
You are like him.
One victory, one achievement and after you taste that feeling of happiness,
of fulfillment you see your next obstacle in front you.
You see your rock right there, waiting for you.
You can not reach the summit on your own.
The road to the top is not easy, is not happy.
Each one of us carries his own rock with him.
You push me until the top and then I roll back down again.
And when you reach the top,
standing there alone, you feel happy and satisfied.
But then you feel lonely.
You feel weak and scared.
I am faith. You need me.
I am the reason you can feel joy, satisfaction, peace and love.
I am the meaning of your life.
Every little victory of yours upon me is the meaning of your life.
Defeat me and rejoice.
Be defeated by me and shroud in sadness.
Obliterate me and the meaning is lost.
Without me, the meaning is lost.
You come again to push because you want to,
because you need to.
But the top is made for one only.
And if you want to stay there forever, we should both become a rock.