Rumi: Let the beauty we love be what we do

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

— Quatrain 82
Version by Coleman Barks
Open Secret
Threshold Books, 1984

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Author: ismailimail

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  1. Yeah, absolutely right.

    Because this world is so beautiful and nice, also everyday we have to learn something valuable in our life time and go for those things which really we love it and show our interest on it, cause if we love something we will do that, as better as it is and you will find the secret of the world that how much it’s beautiful if we really use it correctly. For example:

    If we smile the world will smile to us. But if we cried the world will not cry with us.

    So everyday we have to be happy and start our day with happiness and learn something valuable, in order to be honored and have a valuable life now and in the future.

    So as much as we talk about valuable life and this beautiful world that not be enough…….

    Thank you

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