Teach.

Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat and Necklace, 1917

If we were not so single-minded 

about keeping our lives moving 

and for once could do nothing,

perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

of never understanding ourselves

and of threatening ourselves with death

Perhaps the world can teach us

as when everything seems dead

but later proves to be alive.

- Pablo Neruda