24/04/2021
🌻"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’re 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 whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond." - Rumi🌻
🌞Yesterday someone told me about this poem when I was opening up about some Challenging emotions. I read it when I got home and it made all the hairs on my arms stand up.🌞
🌞The words that keep coming to me these last few weeks are 'allowing' and 'acceptance' - for myself and for others. Allowing emotion to pass through rather than fighting against it. Knowing that each emotion, each sensation and each moment that we feel is transient. There is light around the corner, we just need to take one step at a time towards it 🌞
