Ainda no silêncio...

We live between birth and death

Or so we convince ourselves conveniently

When in truth we are being born and

We are dying simultaneously

Every eternal instant

Of our lives
We should try to be more

Like a flower

Which every day experiences its birth

And death

And who therefore is much more prepared to live

The life of a flower
So think of Death as a friend and advisor

Who allows us to be born

And bloom more radiantly

Because of our limits

On Earth
Think of this until you realize

Eternity

And cease to need

The illusion of Death
But do not do this

Before you lose the first great illusion

The illusion of Life
Because

To do this

You must die

Many times

And live

To Know it

--Keith JarrettDecember 5, 1974