Rumi is a beloved 13th century writer and last night someone shared his poem that suggested life is like a “guest house where every morning there is a new arrival.”
Some of these guests might be, as Rumi observed, “a joy, a depression, a meanness, [or] some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.”
Our job in life is to welcome each guest with hospitality for they are sent, Rumi suggests, “as a guide from beyond” teaching us something about ourselves and preparing us to better welcome the next guest.
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