Rumi’s words, his verses and his poetry has always inspired me. Its moved me at the soul level. Its made me understand so many of life’s truths that sometimes when I sit to soak in his words, I am astounded by what they reveal. You can read the same poetry a hundred times over and each time you will come to understand another layer of the wisdom it offers. Amazing right?!
I was introduced to Rumi by my very brilliant dad. He loved all things poetry and I was always surrounded by books and debates discussing essential life philosophy. I started reading Rumi when I was just 12 years old! While other girls my age read Nancy Drews I was reading Rumi and Gibran…go figure 🙂 I obviously couldn’t process Rumi’s words at the time, but I loved how his words calmed me. Dad would often quote Rumi in his day to day interactions. He would quote him in Urdu, Farsi and English. All these years of being exposed to this Sufi wisdom tends to rub off 🙂 Continue reading “7 Positive Life Lessons from #RUMI”
Our pasts are NOT etched in stone and need not weigh so heavily on our life. But that’s exactly how we live. We live with heavy stones of our pasts around our neck, which do not allow us to LIVE. I would much rather think of our painful past memories as writing on the sands of time, that can be wiped clean with a wave of love and positivity.
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