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Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
“Love Dogs

One night a man was crying,
Allah! Allah!
His lips grew sweet with the praising,
until a cynic said,
"So! I have heard you
calling out, but have you ever
gotten any response?"

The man had no answer to that.
He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep.

He dreamed he saw Khidr, the guide of souls,
in a thick, green foliage.
"Why did you stop praising?"
"Because I've never heard anything back."
"This longing
you express is the return message."

The grief you cry out from
draws you toward union.

Your pure sadness
that wants help
is the secret cup.

Listen to the moan of a dog for its master.
That whining is the connection.

There are love dogs
no one knows the names of.

Give your life
to be one of them.”
Jalal Al-Din Rumi

Thich Nhat Hanh
“Our own life has to be our message.”
Thich Nhat Hanh , The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology

Thich Nhat Hanh
“People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh
“My actions are my only true belongings.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, Understanding Our Mind: 50 Verses on Buddhist Psychology

John Keats
“I have good reason to be content,
for thank God I can read and
perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.”
John Keats

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