My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know.
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Learn the alchemy true human beings know. The moment you accept what troubles you've been given the door with open.
Interpretation
Embracing our challenges unlocks new possibilities.
This quote by Rumi highlights the transformative power of acceptance. By acknowledging and accepting the difficulties we face, we allow ourselves to open new doors to opportunities and growth, much like alchemy turns base materials into gold. It's an invitation to not shy away from our struggles but to see them as essential parts of our journey toward enlightenment and understanding.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don't harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don't teach what you do not know.
The Law of Wonder rules my life at last, _x000D_ ...I burn each second of my life to Love _x000D_ Each second of my life burns out in Love _x000D_ In each leaping second Love lives afresh.
Lovers have heartaches _x000D_ That can't be cured by drugs _x000D_ Or sleep, _x000D_ Or games, _x000D_ But only by seeing their beloved.
Every fragile beauty, every perfect forgotten sentence, you grieve their going away, but that is not how it is. Where they come from never goes dry. It is an always flowing spring.
Whatever you keep hidden in your heart, God _x000D_ manifests in you outwardly. Whatever the root of _x000D_ the tree feeds on in secret, affects the bough and _x000D_ the leaf.
Come on sweetheart let's adore one another before there is no more of you and me
He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.
Beware of those who weep with realization, for they have realized nothing.
I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly.
God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already
I had a long talk with Bruce Springsteen on a rooftop during the Vote for Change tour (in 2004). And it boiled down to this: That guy you used to be, he’s still in the car. He’ll always be in the car. Just don’t let him drive. He might be shouting out directions. But whatever you do, don’t let him get behind the wheel.
Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.
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