November 2024
Mom’s legacy and poem
A time for reflection - Äidin perintö ja runo
My legacy is your legacy. You showed me how to find beauty in the smallest of places, where to find solace, when to listen and observe. “Nothing is forever” you said. It is so. For you äiti, my dear mother, your favorite poem.
Peace by Eino Leino, 1898
What is this fragrance around me?
What is this quietness?
What is this knowledge of peace in my heart?
What strange, great, new thing is this?
I can hear the flowers growing
and the talk of the trees in the forests.
I think all my old dreams are ripening,
all the hopes and the wishes I sowed.
Everything’s quiet around me,
Everything’s gentle and sweet.
Great flowers are opening up in my heart
with a fragrance of deepest peace.
