This Human Being is a Guest House


	This Human Being is a Guest House

abailart

4-3-2008 5:05 AM

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4-4-2008 2:15 AM

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This is one for my pocket!

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<STRONG>THE GUEST HOUSE</STRONG></p> <P>This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.</p> <P>A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness</p> <P>Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.</p> <P>The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.</p> <P>Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond. </p> <P>- Jelaluddin Rumi (Sufi poet, 1207-1273)
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