CONFIRMATION FROM RUMI

As Sir Winston Churchill famously remarked “the further back in history we look, the further forward we can see”.

With that in mind, I will take you back some 800 years or so and re-introduce you to Jelaleddin Rumi who I have quoted before. He was a man able to verbalize the highly personal and often confusing world of personal growth and development in a very clear and direct fashion. He does not offend anyone, and includes all.

His life and background provide true testimony and proof that people of all religions and backgrounds can live together in peace and harmony. Rumi’s visions, words, and life teach us how to reach inner peace and happiness so we can finally stop the continual stream of hostility and hatred and achieve true global peace and harmony.

As you may have read, this is a special theme of mine and if Rumi were alive today, I would ask him - as I would ask each of you – to consider these words:

“Your background, your beliefs are yours;

I have mine and they may differ.

But differences make our lives richer

and we should take delight in those differences,

for it would be a sad, grey world if that was not the case.

So, please, join our caravan; our journey

may be long and difficult at times,

but we shall get to the end and when we arrive,

 it will be a joyful occasion.”

Each day is like an empty sack; its value is determined by what we put into it. Don’t think of what you have left behind; keep in mind what you are yet to find. I am sure he would agree with my poor words – I hope you do so also….

Until next time (and still on the journey),

Peripatetic Scribe