Guest Housing
"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.
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"A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
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"Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight.
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"The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.
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"Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond." — Rumi; The Essential Rumi: Translated by Coleman Barks, p. 109
Merijn Hos
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