When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it.
RumiLove is an open secret, the most obvious thing in the world and the most hidden, with no why to how it keeps its mystery.
RumiHow could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend's hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump.
RumiEveryone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
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