Something to consider.
Mixed media titled RedSeaMoon by Jo Ann Brown-Scott copyright 2014
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness, some monetary awareness comes, as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re 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.
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
RUMI, 13th Century Poet and Scholar
Sometimes I wonder how I would have managed to paint if the context of my life had been different…if things had been less to my liking in my life, would I somehow have struggled to rise above it and paint anyway? Would I still have been a painter, or maybe even been a better painter, if I had been forced to deal…
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One of my favourites as well Angeline. I am always moved by the sheer simplicity of his words!.
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I get obsessed with Rumi, wander away for awhile, and then when I come back to his works, I fall in love with him all over again.
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Me too Angeline. This made me want to immerse myself in his poetry again.
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I’m up the stairs to the bookshelf where one of his books is…I’ll be reading today 🙂
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one of my favourite poems Angeline!
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I love Rumi’s wisdom. Thanks, Christine.
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sounds like a nice way to look at things…
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