Some of the gems I've come across
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are 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.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
— Rumi
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are 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.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
— Rumi
THE SACRED
Step boldly into your life.
Each moment awaits your participation; invites your engagement.
Give yourself generously.
If not now, then when?
Sing full -throated, dance wildly,
Let your poems express your deepest longings.
Let your rage shake the mountains,
Your scream pierce the heavens.
Weep deeply that your tears may water the parched earth.
Let your full-bellied laugh disturb the neighbors.
Let your tenderness melt every boundary ‘til all that remains is love.
Let the simplest of things amaze you.
The extraordinary plays hide and seek in the everyday.
Find the pearl in the mundane.
Quench our thirst with that which barely calls attention to itself.
This very moment is all there is.
It awaits you in its entirety,
Invites you to surrender, to swim in the vastness of possibility.
There can be no peace if you insist this moment be other than it is, Sometimes a
sorrow, sometimes a joy,
Sometimes a delight, sometimes a horror.
Feel them all the way through to their departure.
Soon another guest will arrive.
Welcome them all.
This precious existence is a hearty stew; each ingredient for your nourishment.
This very moment, this very breath, this very life, so sacred.
It is enough.
~David Glick, December 14. 2010~
Step boldly into your life.
Each moment awaits your participation; invites your engagement.
Give yourself generously.
If not now, then when?
Sing full -throated, dance wildly,
Let your poems express your deepest longings.
Let your rage shake the mountains,
Your scream pierce the heavens.
Weep deeply that your tears may water the parched earth.
Let your full-bellied laugh disturb the neighbors.
Let your tenderness melt every boundary ‘til all that remains is love.
Let the simplest of things amaze you.
The extraordinary plays hide and seek in the everyday.
Find the pearl in the mundane.
Quench our thirst with that which barely calls attention to itself.
This very moment is all there is.
It awaits you in its entirety,
Invites you to surrender, to swim in the vastness of possibility.
There can be no peace if you insist this moment be other than it is, Sometimes a
sorrow, sometimes a joy,
Sometimes a delight, sometimes a horror.
Feel them all the way through to their departure.
Soon another guest will arrive.
Welcome them all.
This precious existence is a hearty stew; each ingredient for your nourishment.
This very moment, this very breath, this very life, so sacred.
It is enough.
~David Glick, December 14. 2010~