Finished reading: The Complete Works of Ricardo Reis by Fernando Pessoa 📚
>Happy the man who sees that it is all a game,
>But not entirely, for if he knew this,
>He would lose.
>I seek not to live among the stars
>But simply to live with myself.
>For the more clearly he sees things
>The more the gods see him as their equal
>Until, finally, he feels his body
>Brush their eternal bodies.
>How sweet it is just to live,
>How great and noble always
>Simply to live.
>Leave sorrow on the altars,
>A votive offering to the god.
>Follow your destiny,
>Water your plants,
>Love your roses.
>The rest is the shade
>From other people’s trees.
>Make your heart worthy of the gods
>And let uncertain life be what it will.
>Whatever happens to you,
>Accept it. For even the gods do not rebel.