Saturday, February 16, 2013

Petals

Even when you tear its petals off one after another,

the rose keeps laughing and doesn't bend in pain.

"Why should I be afflicted because of a thorn?

It is the thorn which taught me how to laugh."

Whatever you lost through fate,

be certain that it saved you from pain.

A Sheikh was asked: "What is Sufism?"

He said: "To feel joy in the heart when sorrow appears."


Rumi