Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It Pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath … Continue reading

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Don't let them think that we've broken down; That we've cracked up. We merely dropped leaves, For a further spring. ~ Rumi Hard times are inescapable but they are tools to prepare you for the good ones coming later! This has been always the case for me; there has been always something to learn, appreciate, … Continue reading

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one ~ Rumi   With 2016 just starting; take a moment of appreciation for what happened back in 2015, forget about the bad, cherish the good, and don't forget the lessons … Continue reading

Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. ~ Rumi   Be patient, try to see the other side of things and … Continue reading

Sometimes in order to help He makes us cry. Happy the eye that sheds tears for His sake. Fortunate the heart that burns for His sake. Laughter always follows tears. Blessed are those who understand. Life blossoms wherever water flows. Where tears are shed divine mercy is shown. ~ Rumi   I believe that there … Continue reading