Quote for the Day

Whatever you are, whatever you do, be in love. ~ Rumi

Quote of the Day

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.

Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond. ~ Jelaluddin Rumi

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Quote for the Day

Shadow and Light


How does
a part of the world
leave the world?
How does wetness
leave water?

Don’t try to put out fire
by throwing on more fire!

Don’t wash a wound
with blood.

No matter how fast you run,
your shadow keeps up.

Sometimes it’s in front!

Only full overhead sun
diminishes your shadow.

But that shadow
has been serving you.

What hurts you,
blesses you.

Darkness
is your candle.

Your boundaries
are your quest.

I could explain this,
but it will break
the glass cover
on your heart,
and there’s no fixing that.

You must have
shadow and light source
both.

Listen,
and lay your head
under the tree of awe.

When from that tree
feathers and wings
sprout on you,
be quieter than a dove.

Don’t even open your mouth
for even a coo. ~ Rumi

Quote

What will
our children do in the morning?
Will they wake with their hearts wanting to play,
the way wings
should? –

What will our children do in the morning
if they do not see us fly?
~ Rumi, Excerpts from The Way Things Should

Oneness - Thought to carry this weekend

The moment I first heard of love
I gave up my soul, my heart, and my eyes.
I wondered, could it be that the lover
and the beloved are two?
No, they have always been one.
It is I who have been seeing double.
-Rumi