Onderstaand het voor mij belangrijkste gedeelte van een gedicht
van Robert Service, reeds lang mijn levensmotto.
Find below the most important part of a poem by Robert Service,
since long it is my life motto.
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'The Rolling Stone' by Robert Service
To scorn all strife and to view all life,
With the curious eyes of a child.
From the plangent sea to the prairie,
From the slum to the heart of the wild.
From the red-rimmed star to the speck of sand,
From the vast to the greatly small.
For I know that the whole for the good is planned,
And I want to see it all.
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De raaf is een mythisch figuur uit de mythologie van de 'first nations' van Canada en spreekt mij erg aan.
The raven is a mythical character from the legends of Canada's First Nations and really appeals to me.
The Raven,
Cultural hero, trickster, transformer and the most important of all creatures, Raven put the sun and moon in the sky, created the rivers and lakes, brought plants and animals to the land, and released humans into the world by opening a giant clam shell. He gave the people fire, and brought light to the earth by stealing the sun from the Spirit of the Sky World, who kept it in a tiny box within a series of bigger boxes. Capable of doing both helpful and harmful deeds, Raven taught humans important skills, as well as causing them trouble by performing mischievous antics. He is a paradox, an embodiment of the creative tensions that exist between two opposites.
(Haida mythology)
by Dr. George F. MacDonald
