Jan 13, 2019
"The astonishing reality of things
Is my discovery every day.
Each thing is what it is,
And it's hard to explain to someone how happy this makes me,
And how much this suffices me.
All it takes to be complete is to exist."
- Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), The Astonishing Reality of Things (7 November 1915)
Translated by Richard Zenith (Pessoa, F., 2006. A little larger than the entire universe: selected poems. Penguin. pg: 58)