kan jij nog met jezelf in het donker zijn?

maak je ook wel eens ruimte om de betekenis van ‘genoeg’ te voelen. 

kan je wel nog? wil je nog? moet je nog?

voel je iets in je lijf dat antwoord geeft hierop of zoek je het in je hoofd?

zeg je ook wel genoeg, ‘het is nu genoeg’. ‘het is meer dan genoeg.’

geloof je dat dan?

once i had opened my suitcase and unpacked she told me, 'i will turn off the light now.' it was winter at around 7 pm, the room was pitch black the moment she turned the light switch. then she said: ‘you must be able to sit with yourself in the dark. that is very important.’ i was silent. i hadn’t been able to sit with myself in the dark for a long time. i sat still on my bed for half an hour, my thoughts going everywhere and nowhere at once.

‘i haven’t had anything to eat yet.’ i said out loud. 

‘i don’t have a meal for you but i do have an apple.’ anne got up and handed me an apple. i ate my apple in the dark. i was very glad that a place like this still knows generosity and the simple gesture of giving.

geschreven en gelezen door: Laura

begeleid door: Laura

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