Post #10453

There is a beautiful passage from Rumi that I love: I said: what about my eyes? He said: Keep them on the road. I said: What about my passion? He said: Keep it burning. I said: What about my heart? He said: Tell me what you hold inside it? I said: Pain and sorrow. He said: Stay with it. The wound is the place where the Light enters you. Every period of creation is followed by a period of destruction. Every period of destruction is followed by a rebirth and period of creation. Lesson: View each period of pain, sorrow, and struggle as a natural precursor to your inevitable growth. Have faith. Sit with it. Allow that light to enter and grow within you before it shines for everyone to see.