Following Rilkes advice to live the questionsamp34amp160this book invites us to draw upon his startling insights and often unconventional wisdom to see ourselves as ripening unfolding and always becoming.amp8220This is a book to savor soaking up the rewards of stories insights and provocations about the passage of our lives.amp34 Sally Gillespieamp160author ofamp160Climate Crisis and Consciousness Reimagining our World and Ourselvesamp34You Are the Future beckons us to discover a wise way to live a life in theamp160company of self and others. amp8212Pamp225aacutedraig amp211 Tuamaamp160poet peace activist and host of On Beingamp8217samp160amp8220Poetry Unboundamp8221 Rainer Maria Rilkes poetry has inspired readers for more than a century and never more so than now. His rare spiritual vision speaks uniquelyamp160in a time when many are seeking freedom of thought and a more wholistic way of living.amp160Written by two awardwinning writers who have journeyed deeply with Rilke this book invites readersamp8212with Rilkeamp8212to amp8220liveamp8221 the deep questions facing us in our day embracing the poetamp8217s refusal to reach for simplistic amp8220answers.amp8221 Through the originality and insight of their writing Burrows and Dowrick honor readersamp8217 own experiences and in conversation with Rilke invite them to examine their lives and amp8220desire the changeamp8221 as the poet put it. In so doing they bring sublime poetry into the heart of daily life where the gifts it carries are most needed. All translations are byamp160Mark S. Burrows a widely respected Rilke scholar and translator.