Beginning To Be

It is I who must begin...

Once I begin, once I try-
here and now,
right where I am,
not excusing myself by saying
things would be easier elsewhere,
without grand speeches and
ostentatious gestures,
but all the more persistently
-to live in harmony
with the "voice of being", as I
understand it within myself
-as soon as I begin that,
I suddenly discover,
that to my surprise, that
I am neither the only one
nor the first,
nor the most important one
to have set out upon that road...

Whether all is really lost
or not depends entirely on
whether or not I am lost...

by Vaclav Havel