When you eventually see through the veils to how things really are, you will keep saying again and again, this is certainly not like we thought it was.
RumiA servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known.
RumiListen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean. Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor, and in the arms of the Sea be secure. Who indeed should be so fortunate? An Ocean wooing a drop! In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once! Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls.
Rumi