the farthest, the outermost limit?

　　dear mr. kappus, celebrate christmas in this devout feeling, that perhaps he needs this very anguish of yours in order to begin; these very days of your transition are perhaps the time when everything in you is working at him, as you once worked at him in your childhood, breathlessly. be patient and without bitterness, and realize that the least we can do is to make coming into existence no more difficult for him than the earth does for spring when it wants to come.

　　and be glad and confident.

　　yours,

　　rainer maria rilke

　　我亲爱的kappus 先生：

　　我不希望您在耶酥受难节来临的时候里没有一丝我的问候，而您在这节日里，正忍受着比往日更加沉重的孤独。但是当您注意到这孤独的巨大时，您应该感到快乐；是什么（您应该问您自己）能使孤独不那么巨大呢？只有一种孤独及其巨大、沉重和艰难是不能忍受的，几乎每个人都乐意以它去换取任何一种形式的社交生活，不管它有多么无聊或空虚；让那第一个来的人把渺小的外部世界给您，这最没有价值的……但是或许正是这些时光令孤独成长；它的成长正如男孩子们的成长一样痛苦，如春天的开始一样悲哀。

　　但是请不要为这些所迷惑。实际上真正必要的却是：孤独，巨大的内在孤独。走进您自己的心灵深处，独处几个小时--那时您一定有能力获得的。让自己孤独着，一如您童年的时候，那时成人们走来走去地

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