"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)
15-May-2010




The harvest of my pain was its own peace and remedy (Rumi)
14-May-2010

"How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend's hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump."
~ Jalaluddin Rumi

"I was a tiny bug. Now a mountain. I was left behind. Now honored at the head. You healed my wounded hunger and anger, and made me a poet who sings about joy."
~ Jalaluddin Rumi

 “Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.”
~ Jalaluddin Roomi