A little poetry is good for the soul

In my poetry workshop we were given a piece, (maybe it's a chapter?) written by Rainer Maria Rilke, from Letters to a Young Poet. Rilke is a German lyricist and an art critic who was considered a modernist of his day (late 19th century) I am unfamiliar with his work but from this short excerpt we were given to read, I was struck by the validity of his words. No one has ever described the complexity of what kind of person it takes to be a writer, and his words resinated with me. I just wanted to share some words of wisdom from a man truly beyond his time.

"...write about what your everyday life offers you; describe your sorrows and desires, the thoughts that pass through your mind and your belief in some kind of beauty--describe all these with heartfelt, silent, humble sincerity and, when you express yourself, use the Things around you, the images from your dreams, and the objects that you remember."