Monday, February 16, 2009
These spiritual window-shoppers
These spiritual window-shoppers,
who idly ask, ‘How much is that?’
Oh, I’m just looking.
They handle a hundred items
and put them down,
shadows with no capital.
What is spent is love
and two eyes wet with weeping.
But these walk into a shop,
and their whole lives pass suddenly
in that moment,in that shop.
Where did you go?
“Nowhere.”
What did you have to eat?
“Nothing much.”
Even if you don’t know what you want,
buy _something,
_ to be part of the exchanging flow.
Start a huge,
foolish project,
like Noah.
It makes absolutely
no difference
what people think of you.
- Rumi
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3 comments:
Truly wonderful! Lovely Rumi.
Thank you!
this is one of my favorites
This is a youtube link for one of my favorite rumi poems, very well executed with lovely photos and music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqVBGv2hpQ4
Gassho, Glenda
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