20 December 2012

I wonder who will come...


tomorrow...

Rumi says:
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...

It makes it so easy to handle all that comes into our lives if we keep these words in our minds....because one or other of these will visit us.

And he goes on to say:
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

And it is so true because the meanest of mean things, the saddest of sadnesses, and even the greatest happiness has something to teach us. The hurt, sadness, and happiness become bearable or understandable and acceptable when looked at this way...and I would say that for our own mental and emotional comfort this would be the only way to look at whatever comes our way - that this is a guest who has come to teach us something - the very word guest implies that it will go away - just as the sadness/meanness/hurt will go, the happiness too will go away. So, hang in there during the painful moments for they will pass and enjoy the happy moments for they too will pass.