May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding bac…

Rainer Maria Rilke
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May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1996). Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
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May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children. ✨ Rainer Maria Rilke (1996). Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, Riverhead Books (Hardcover)

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