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What did I learn in life ?

I was born in an endless darkness. I saw the light, got scared and I cried. In time, I learned how to live in light. Then, I saw the darkness and got scared. At times, I said goodbyes to my beloved ones into endless darkness, and I cried.

I learned how to live. I learned the birth was the moment of beginning of the end of life; the life was the borrowed times between the two.

I learned the bread. Then, how it should be made plenty for peace… And then, how important it is to share it fairly for peace.

I learned the time. I competed against it… In time, I learned not to compete but concede.

I learned humans… … that there are good and bad amongst them, in time; … that there is both good and bad in each one of us, at the end.

I learned how to love… And how to trust afterwards. Later, how trust is more permanent than love and love is built on trust.

I learned human skin. And the presence of the soul under the skin… Later, the soul in fact being above the skin.

I learned how to read, then how to write. After a while, writing taught me myself.

I learned the universe. Then, the ways of how to illuminate the universe. But at the end, the necessity of illuminating my immediate surroundings first.

I learned how to challenge the world at a young age. Then, I walked with the crowds in unity. Later, I realized that I should in fact walk against the crowds.

I learned how to think. I learned how to think as told. Later, I learned that the healthy thinking is the critical and unconditioned thinking.

I learned the importance of honesty, at home… And the true honesty of not touching the sin when it is right under my hand.

I learned how to leave. Then how to return, being unable to bear it. Then, how to leave again, despite myself.

I learned the truth one day. And how bitter the truth was. And how the dose of bitterness gave the taste to life like the spice in a meal.

I learned all living would taste the death but only some would taste living.

(from the Turkish original by Can Dundar, Milliyet June 16, 2008)