On this beautiful Thanksgiving Day we like to express our thankfulness to all who are part of this endeavor with our beautiful Sophia Institute and the many individuals who make this possible. Thank you!
Christian Morgenstern, friend and student of Rudolf Steiner, wrote a beautiful poem of gratitude and thankfulness, which we like to share on this occasion:
Christian Morgenstern, friend and student of Rudolf Steiner, wrote a beautiful poem of gratitude and thankfulness, which we like to share on this occasion:
The Washing of the Feet
I thank you, silent stone on earth,
and gently lean to you below.
My life as plant I owe to you.
I thank you, grounds and meadows green
and bend down close to you below.
My life as animal depends on you.
I thank you animal, and plant and stone,
and bow down thankfully to you below.
You helped me to become all three.
And we thank you, you child of man,
And kneel in reverence before you:
only because you are, we are.
From all of God's creation, simple
or so manifold, rise thanks.
In thankfulness all being intertwines.
- Christian Morgenstern
I thank you, silent stone on earth,
and gently lean to you below.
My life as plant I owe to you.
I thank you, grounds and meadows green
and bend down close to you below.
My life as animal depends on you.
I thank you animal, and plant and stone,
and bow down thankfully to you below.
You helped me to become all three.
And we thank you, you child of man,
And kneel in reverence before you:
only because you are, we are.
From all of God's creation, simple
or so manifold, rise thanks.
In thankfulness all being intertwines.
- Christian Morgenstern
