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May 28, 2008 11:25

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
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gingerspark May 28 2008, 14:37:42 UTC
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
~ Rumi

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redwill May 28 2008, 18:09:14 UTC
We must speak our love, for if we do not, our beloved will leave, and we shall watch the going, empty forever after.

Lance

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anonymous May 10 2009, 19:20:13 UTC
Oh hi.

Big fan of Rumi.

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avery_averette May 19 2010, 09:22:19 UTC
I like this line: Let the beauty we love be what we do.
I'll take it as a reminder. I love kindness and warm, gentle ways but I'm not always so.

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avery_averette July 9 2010, 06:00:37 UTC
You must ask for what you really want.
It's sad that sometimes I don't even know what I really want. But I guess the best thing is not want anything at all.

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