A Reminder to Love All of Us - Our Shadows too!
(I don't know about you but I need to read this often!)
My favorite Rumi Poem:
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're
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
whoever
comes,
because
each has
been sent
as
a guide
from
beyond
(translated by Coleman Barks)
Blessing must arise from within your own mind. It is not something that comes from outside. When the positive qualities of your mind increase and the negativities decrease, that is what blessing means. The Tibetan word for blessing … means transforming into magnificent potential. Therefore, blessing refers to the development of virtuous qualities you did not previously have and the improvement of those good qualities you have already developed. ― Dalai Lama XIV
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