If the thought of sorrow spoils your joy, yet it prepares you for joy. Sorrow sweeps the house fiercely, emptying it of everything, then, coming from the Source of goodness, a new joy enters. Sorrow chases away the withered leaves in the heart, then new green leaves can grow. Sorrow uproots the previous joy, then a new delight springs from beyond. -- Mathnawi V, 3678/3681 Translated by Muriel Maufroy Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi Sanyar Press - London, 1997 From my dear friend Hilal Smirniotopoulos
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 02:17:10 +0000
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