My Response To Rumi

My Response to Rumi


If you desire sleep
Stay awake, stay awake
If you desire happiness
Be sad, very sad
If you desire peace 
Make war, make war
I you desire love
Don’t wish for it, don’t wish for it
The essence is look at the lighter side of life


4-12-16


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“If you desire healing
  Let yourself fall ill
  Let yourself fall ill “

By Jalaluddin Rumi
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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