I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
Charles de Montesquieu

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
― Rumi

The Guest House

by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

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.

Thanks for this one Dani.

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”  




    A.A. Milne

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Words from the wise...

It is not selfish
to refill your own cup
so that you can pour into others.
It's not just a luxury.
It is essential.