Tripping over joy

“TRIPPING OVER JOY

What is the difference

Between your experience of existence

And that of a saint?

The saint knows

That the spiritual path

Is a sublime chess game with God

And that the Beloved

Has just made such a Fantastic Move

That the saint is now continually

Tripping over Joy

And bursting out in Laughter

And saying, “I Surrender!”

Whereas, my dear,

I am afraid you still think

You have a thousand serious moves.”

― Hāfez

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the spiritual life is a matter

of tripping over joy

stumbling

into the arms of one who loves us deeply

passionately

joyfully

expectantly

we are not asked to trod

to trod

to trod

but simply to

skip

or dance

until there is nothing left to do

but to collapse

laughing

in Sacred

embrace