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Here is a beautiful onepoetry with whichWislawa Szymborskait helps us reflect on how much our actions and thoughts impact the environment around us, and how, ultimately, we are all the same.

Even though we are a drop in the endless ocean, one drop she can do a lot, for herself and for others.

contributo alla statistica — contribution to statistics

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“Out of a hundred people:
who always know more than others
- fifty two;
unsure at every step
– almost all the others;

ready to help,
as long as it doesn't take too long
– a full forty-nine;
always good,
because they don't know how to do otherwise
– four, well, maybe five;

inclined to admire without envy
- eighteen;
living in constant fear
of someone or something
- seventy-seven;

gifted for happiness,
– at most just over twenty;
individually harmless,
barbarizing in the crowd
– certainly more than half;

cruel,
if forced by circumstances
– it's better not to know
not even approximately;
those in hindsight
– not many more
of those in retrospect;

who only take things from life
- forty,
although I would like to be wrong;
folded, sore and without a torch in the dark
– eighty-three
sooner or later;

worthy of compassion
– ninety-nine;
mortals
– one hundred to one hundred.
Number currently unchanged"

What do you think? It's an excellent starting point for a little reflection before sleeping.

Buonanotte