The guesthouse
This being human is a guesthouse.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, 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 maybe clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, even the malice;
Meet them all at the door laughing
And invite them in
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from the beyond.
RUMI
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