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Default Feb 11, 2019 at 02:40 PM
 
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Originally Posted by HopefullyLost1211 View Post
That is a very helpful outlook, SorryShaped. I could not feel in control now even if I wanted to...things are going to be stormy for a while. Do you write poetry? You have a beautifully poetic way of expressing your thoughts.


I really appreciate the poem below because this is how I aim to get through life...not easy but I do my best. You sound like you practice mindfulness so perhaps you'll enjoy this message too. Thanks again!


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 are 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 whatever comes.

because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond.



— Jellaludin Rumi
That's beautiful.
I do write, but haven't in a few months because I haven't been able to live in my own apartment due to renovations. I have an unfinished autobiography, two novella, and countless prose and poems in all states of completion. When I write, it all comes out at once in a fury of several things at once.
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