Quicken Your Ascent
"The way is full of genuine sacrifice.
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"The thickets blocking the path are anything that keeps you from that, any fear that you may be broken to bits like a glass bottle. This road demands courage and stamina, yet it's full of footprints!
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"Who are these companions? They are rungs in your ladder. Use them! With company you quicken your ascent.
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"You may be happy enough going along, but with others you'll get farther, and faster.
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"Someone who goes cheerfully by himself to the customs house to pay his traveler's tax will go even more lightheartedly when friends are with him.
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"Every prophet sought out companions. A wall standing alone is useless, but put three or four walls together, and they'll support a roof and keep the grain dry and safe.
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"When ink joins with a pen, then the blank paper can say something. Rushes and reeds must be woven to be useful as a mat. If they weren't interlaced, the wind would blow them away.
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"Like that, God paired up creatures, and gave them friendship." — Rumi; The Essential Rumi: Translated by Coleman Barks, p. 247
Cam Watts (Woo Woo)
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