Freitag, 25. März 2011

The Art of Peace







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I love this beautiful book: "The Art of Peace, Balance over Conflict in Sun-Tzu's The Art Of War" by Philip Dunn.

This poem by the Polish author Leopold Staff is from that book:



THE BRIDGE


I didn’t believe,
Standing on the bank of a river
Which was wide and swift,
That I would cross that bridge
Plaited from thin, fragile reeds
Fastened with bast.
I walked delicately as a butterfly
And heavily as an elephant,
I walked surely as a dancer
And wavered like a blind man.
I didn’t believe that I would cross that bridge,
And now that I am standing on the other side,
I don’t believe I crossed it.

Leopold Staff