Inspiration
The Guesthouse
This being human is a guesthouse.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a 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 may be clearing you out for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice—
meet them all at the door laughing and invite them
in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
for each guest has been sent as a guide from
beyond.
-Rumi
O friend, understand:
The body is like the ocean
rich with hidden treasures.
Open your inmost chamber and light its lamp.
Within the body are gardens,
rare flowers, peacocks, the inner Music;
within the body is a lake of bliss, and
on it the white soul swans take their joy.