“It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that he has been denied.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“sooner or later we were destined to meet. And when we did, I would learn why his kind hazel eyes were eternally sad”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“Dear God. Mommy is going through a really hard time. I see the way she's given up. I know you can change everything around for her. I just know it.”
― Last Night, When I Prayed
― Last Night, When I Prayed
“The past is a whirlpool. If you let it dominate your present moment, it will suck you in,”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“I am happy even before I have a reason.
I am full of Light even before the sky
Can greet the sun or the moon.
Dear companions,
We have been in love with God
For so very, very long.”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
I am full of Light even before the sky
Can greet the sun or the moon.
Dear companions,
We have been in love with God
For so very, very long.”
― I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
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