I know the voice of depression still calls to you
I know those habits that can ruin your life
still send their invitations
But you are with the Friend now and look
so much stronger.
You can stay that way even bloom!
Keep squeezing drops of the Sun….
You are with the Friend now. Learn what
actions of yours delight Him,
what actions of yours bring freedom and
love….
O keep squeezing drops of the Sun from
Your prayers and work and music
and from your companions’ beautiful
laughter, and from the most insignificant
movements of your own holy body. Now,
sweet one, be wise.
Cast all your votes for dancing!
Hafiz
(Cast All Your Votes for Dancing)
A
Year with Hafiz, Ladinsky, pp. 338 & 339
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Wise people know there is a time for tears
there is a time for tears of regret
a time when unbidden things from deep within,
when pain, and fear and all the dark forces,
well forth from our eyes
there is a time for tears of passion
when there is simply so much inside us
that we cannot contain
and they must spring forth like springs
of living water
a welling up
of love, and hope
compassion
there is a time for tears of joy
as we are surprised by
love
and grace ripens within us
and bursts forth
on this day as choices are made
and votes are cast
on this day as we carry within us
tears
of fear anguish
but also passion and expectation
let us allow the One
who wept on that hard rock
at that moment of decision in the garden
and abides within the hearts of each one of us
and weeps upon the sometimes hard rock
of our hearts
help us find our tears
may we feel, everything!
and be not afraid
and may the sun of righteousness rise
with healing in its wings (Malachi 4:2)
may it shine through our tears
a rainbow of hope
We are with the Friend
Sacred dwells within our hearts
So let us keep squeezing drops of the Sun from
our prayers and work and music
and from one another
and may we
wise with light and tears
Cast all our votes for dancing!
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