This being human is a guest house.⠀
Every morning a new arrival.⠀
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A joy, a depression, a meanness,⠀
some momentary awareness comes⠀
as an unexpected visitor.⠀
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Welcome and entertain them all!⠀
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,⠀
who violently sweep your house⠀
empty of its furniture,⠀
still, treat each guest honorably.⠀
He may be clearing you out⠀
for some new delight.⠀
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The dark thought, the shame, the malice,⠀
meet them at the door laughing,⠀
and invite them in.⠀
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Be grateful for whoever comes,⠀
because each has been sent⠀
as a guide from beyond.⠀
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— Rumi