Spiderwort out back.Today's Bliss Formula: A windy, gray day, threatening to rain. I will appreciate the rain for the ground and the plants and not get stressed about the wee drip we got last night. We have lived in this house for over nine years and not once had a single problem. I will give up the habit of over-reaction and instead remain in gratitude.
From The Essential Rumi
Translations by Coleman Barks
with John Moyne
It's a habit of yours to walk slowly.
You hold a grudge for years.
With such heaviness, how can you be modest?
With such attachments, do you expect to arrive anywhere?
Be wide as the air to learn a secret.
Right now you're equal portions clay
and water, thick mud.
Abraham learned how the sun and moon and the stars all set.
He said, No longer will I try to assign partners for God.
You are so weak. Give up to grace.
The ocean takes care of each wave
till it gets to shore.
You need more help than you know.
You're trying to live your life in open scaffolding.
Say Bismillah, In the name of God,
as the priest does with a knife when he offers an animal.
Bismillah your old self
to find your real name.
Do you know your real name? Are you living from habit and not spontaneous reaction and joy? What comfort is holding you back from the life you could be living?
2 comments:
Thank you for today's post. I am a new reader to your site. I found you through Ravi & Ana. I really appreciate today's post. I read it right after posting on my own site www.lifeisblog.com and the words of Rumi covered me with all of the grace I needed for the moment. It was the missing element in what I wrote today! Thank you
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