Monday, May 3, 2010

Rumi for Monday



















Today, Like Every Other Day
-Rumi

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.

-Translated by Coleman Barks
-Photo by Paul Clancy for Smoke and Pickles