a Rilke quote

Think, dear Sir [writes the poet a hundred years ago], of the world you carry inside you, and call this thinking whatever you want to: a remembering of your own childhood or a yearning towards a future of your own–only be attentive to what is arising in you, and place that above everything you perceive around you. What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love; somehow you must find a way to work at it, and not lose too much time or too much courage in clarifying your attitude towards people.