When I die, I shall soar with angels,
and when I die to the angels,
what I shall become
you cannot imagine.

~ Rumi

I said who are you?
He said: “Everyone’s Beloved!”

I said who am I?

He said, “The Beloved’s beloved!”

*

– Mevlana Rumi Rahimahu Llah –

Sorrow prepares you for joy.
It violently sweeps everything out of your house,
so that new joy can find space to enter.
It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart,
so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place.
It pulls up the ro