Letters to a Beautiful Person: Knots of Fate

7 hrs. 46 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Gennadiy Nasedkin

Narrator Vyacheslav Gerasimov

Description

LETTERS TO A WONDERFUL PERSON
LETTER (section — HYGIENE OF THOUGHTS)
O, if you are calm, not confused,
When heads are lost around,
And if you remain faithful to yourself,
When your best friend doesn’t believe in you,
And if you can wait without worry,
You won’t answer lies with lies,
You won’t be malicious, becoming a target for everyone,
But you also won’t call yourself holy,
And if you command your passions,
Not letting them command you,
And you will be firm in success and in misfortune,
Which, in essence, has one price,
And if you’re ready for the fact that a word,
Turns yours into a trap for clever deceivers,
And, having suffered shipwreck, you can again
Without the old strength resume your work,
And if you are capable of taking what has become
familiar to you and laying it on the table,
Lose everything and start over again,
Without regretting what you gained,
And if you can set your heart, nerves, and veins in motion
So that you can rush forward,
When, as the years go by, your strength changes
And only the will says: “Hold on!”
And if you can be yourself in the crowd,
Keeping a connection with the people, with the king,
And respecting any opinion,
Not bowing your head before the crowd;
And if you can measure distance
By seconds while running far away,
Earth is your destiny, my boy,
And, more than that, you are a person!