Albert Einstein - Everything is determined

 

"Everything is determined by forces beyond our control.
Everything is determined, for the insect as for the star.
Human beings, vegetables or stardust, we all dance
to the rhythm of a mysterious tune
played in the distance by an invisible piper." 

 

 

 

 

Mary Oliver - Storage

 

 When I moved from
one house to another,
there were many things
I had no room for.
 
What does one do?
I rented a storage space
and filled it.

Years passed.

Occasionally,
I went there
and looked in,
but nothing happened,
not a single twinge
of the heart.

As I grew older
the things I cared about
grew fewer but were
more important,
so one day I undid the lock
and called the trash man.
He took everything.

I felt like the little donkey
when his burden is finally
lifted.

Things! Burn them, burn them!
Make a beautiful fire!

More room in your heart
for Love, for the trees.
For the birds who own
nothing;

the reason they
can fly.