Crown of Beauty

With every breath
I plant the seeds of devotion -
I am a farmer of the heart.

Day and night
I see the face of union -
I am the mirror of God.

Every moment
I shape my destiny with a chisel -
I am the carpenter of my own soul.
~Rumi

"We cannot change the past,
but we can change our attitude toward it.
Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness.
Tear out arrogance and seed humility.
Exchange love for hate --- thereby,
making the present comfortable
and the future promising..”
~ Maya Angelou

“At the center of your being you have the answer;
you know who you are and you know what you want.”
Lao Tzu

Some souls have gotten free of their bodies.
Do you see them? Open your eyes for those
who escape to meet with other escapees,
whose hearts associate in a way they have
of leaving their false selves
to live in a truer self.

I don't mind if my companions
wander away for a while.

They will come back like a smiling drunk.
Thirsty ones die of their thirst.

A nightingale sometimes
flies from a garden
to sing in the forest.
~Rumi

“When I am with you, we stay up all night.

When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.

Praise God for those two insomnias!

And the difference between them.”
~RUMI

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

“Love is of all passions the strongest,
for it attacks simultaneously the head,
the heart and the senses.”
Lao Tzu