Finally, another little volume written, ready for revision. This, it seems, was the most painful of them all; in prose, it was undoubtedly the one that came out more slowly, less spontaneously and more compelled, and thus another offspring of this powerful obligation. Many things come to mind now that, after four years of uninterrupted work, the lines, although not excessively abundant, although fewer than planned, are already something. Something that represents the realization of a good hundreds of hours of work, concentrated effort and inner struggle. The words do not seem more flexible than before; on the contrary, they seem heavier, as if time had only accentuated the responsibility in choosing them. The feeling is not one of relief or satisfaction with the work completed; there is simply the certainty that it is necessary to carry on.
Category: Notes
By Himself, Man Is Nothing
By himself, man is nothing. But in him lies the potentiality of visualization which, when exercised, allows him to realize. His primary value is therefore limited to a potency. To realize it, he needs will. And he becomes something as he accomplishes something. Finally, he is destined to become the work itself.
Fiber and Resilience
Fiber and resilience are only possible in a man who is humble enough to admit the need to anchor his spirit in something greater. Only those whose mission does not require virtue will claim otherwise, since virtue is necessarily a continuous effort, contrary to the comfort of matter. There is no man whose spirit does not oscillate, and the higher the spirit, the more it is capable of oscillating. To realize this is to admit the need for a support, outside oneself, to push one towards the ideal that one has defined.
The Man Who Deprives Himself…
The man who deprives himself of the religious dimension loses out on experience, loses out on potential and, above all, loses out on knowing himself. Having it is something one cannot deny, and ignoring it is nothing more than mutilating oneself. So if one wants to know and understand oneself fully, one has to stimulate it and manifest it, even if only through searching. And if, one day, one comes to the conclusion that religious effort has not been rewarded, one will see that one’s very existence is already evidence of a higher aspiration, of a sincere desire to find the link that connects oneself to the rest of creation: evidence, therefore, that can only ennoble.