Spring

Again Rumi:


"Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."
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"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep."

The thing about Rumi for me is that he is so human. There is so much recognition of who I am in his words. We wake up "empty and frightened", there are so many kinds of awakening, but even in the literal one I often awake feeling this. I have to remind myself that I am good every morning, but at least I am AWAKE.

You must ask for what you really want. I must ask for what I really want. I must know what I really want. I must go after and work and fight and sweat for what I really want. It is clear that people are involved in what I really want. I must stay awake!

Wake up, kneel and kiss the ground!