"When I say to you,
"You are lovely",
you do not believe me,
because of the blemishes
you know so intimately;
but those blemishes are the scars
of your sufferings
and they shine out of your soul,
radiating beauty,
the way the daisies do
in the l

Beauty by Khalil Gibran

And a poet said, "Speak to us of Beauty."

Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?

And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?

The ag

" IF I DID NOT SHOW YOU MY NOTHINGNESS,
WHAT WOULD I BE USEFUL FOR "?

A delightful little traditional tale about Rumi:

Once upon a time, a young man decided to leave his homeland and go to learn from the great teacher Jalaluddin Rumi in Konya.
After

Art by Beverley Ash Gilbert

Without a net, I catch a falcon
and release it to the sky,
hunting God.

This wine I drink today
was never held in a clay jar.

I love this world,
even as I hear the great wind
of leaving it rising,

for there is a grainy taste

Art: Tomás Sánchez

You Found Me
(translated by Haleh Liza Gafori)

You found me once again,
you thief of hearts.
In drunken ecstasy,
you searched the bazaar and found me.

Even through sleepy-lidded, love-drunk eyes,
you spotted me.
I ran to the tavern

Learn to recognize the false dawn from the true;
distinguish the color of the wine from the color of the cup.
Then it may be that patience and time may produce,
out of the spectrum-viewing sight,
true vision, and you will behold colors other than th

The beginning of the universe is confusion, tumult.
The end is a shake and a quake.
Love and gratitude are the same as complaints.
Peace and comfort go hand-in-hand
With jolts and shakes.

The thorn and rose go together.
When a jeweler weighs gold,
He

Art: Ai Lan

You are that blessed soul who
belongs to the garden of paradise,
is it fair to let yourself
fall apart in a shattered house?

You are the bird of happiness
in the magic of existence,
what a pity! Why you let
yourself be chained and caged?

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