By: Rumi (as translated by Coleman Barks)
Some people work and become wealthy. Others do the same and
remain poor. Marriage
fills one with energy. Another it drains. Don't trust ways.
They change. A means
flails about like a donkey's tail. Always add the gratitude
clause, if God wills. Then
proceed. You may be leading a donkey, no, a goat, no, who can
tell? We sit in a dark pit
and think we're home. We pass around delicacies. Poisoned
bait. You think this
is preachy double-talk? Those who do not breath the God
willing phrase live in a
collective blindness. Rubbing their eyes in the dark,
the ask, "Who's there?"
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1 comment:
i think this all boils down to perspective; how you put a spin on your situation...
ie, are you a negative person? a positive person? when something bad happens, do you shut down? or are you proactive and try to deal with it? do you see everything with rose tinted glasses? or do you have those spiffy polarizing glasses? or maybe just some kick ass aviators?
people have a choice when going through life:
are they going to let life lead them? or are they going to lead their own lives? or maybe even leading their lives but trusting in the will of God?
I think what Rumi's trying to get at is basically to make the right choice which, in my opinion, is to lead your own life but while trusting in the will of God (of course, some might say higher power, or their own psyche, their instincts, or their subconcious, their destiny, their fate, etc whatever the case may be)
because when you make that choice, you can't feel as lost, because its like having someone their guiding you along the right path
we all have a purpose, the clincher comes in recognizing what that purpose is and taking the initiative to do something about fulfilling it
I see Rumi just encouraging us to take that initiative and to not be like fish floundering in a dried up river bed....(possibly the worst analogy ever ahhah)
but thats just me...
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