"The eagle carries off

Muhammad's boot

and saves him from snakebite.

Don't grieve for what doesn't come.

Some things that don't happen

keep disasters from happening."

Someone once asked a great sheikh what sufism was.

"The feeling of joy when sudden disappointment comes."

The Rumi Journal

Page 5

If you want what visible reality can give,

you're an employee.

If you want the unseen world,

you're not living the truth.

Both wishes are foolish,

but you'll be forgiven

for forgetting that what you really

want is love's confusing joy.

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