The talk at dinner was not very good.
Returned to my room lonely
and scared.
I just wanted to weep.
Got into bed, said I would
live another day, and here I am.
I will not give up.
I will not give up on my
book, my son, on all those people I love
and who love me.
and who love me.
I have work to do.
I still have a whole life to
live.
I will not give up.
God, my God, teach me to be
patient as I have already learned to be firm.
My real time is yet to
come.
God, my God, there is nothing
to do with this life but to think, to understand,
to be aware –to love the predicament of being alive.
to be aware –to love the predicament of being alive.
No miracles please,
no shortcuts,
no violations of the human
connection,
no anger at people for
disappointing you,
no disappointment with them
for being only themselves,
as you wish for nothing so
much in this life as to be yourself!
Alfred Kazin, A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment
