Fri
Dec
18
go find yourself
Go find a friend
Who can patiently tolerate you.
Go find a l tree
with large leafy limbs.
Test the finest incense
by dropping it on live coals.
Drink even bitter milk,
when taken from a hand that loves you.
Open your eyes at daybreak,
when tasks await
you don’t know how to do.
Step into fire,
like a hero.
Patience changes fire into gardens of
lotus, willow, and rose.
Spinning and spinning like a child’s top
my friendship will hold you
on top of all the world’s demands.
free translation from moulana rumi with farhad bahrami
