#213 Life of the Land

"Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono"  

The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

 Hawaii State Motto

 

#211 From the Heart

Only from the heart can you touch the sky. ~Rumi

 

#210 Something?

Something opens our wings, something makes boredom and hurt disappear. ~Rumi

#208 Birdsong

Birdsong brings relief to my longing. I am just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say. ~Rumi

#206 How to Make Poems

In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. ~Rumi

#204 Moon

“Three things cannot be long hidden: 

the sun, the moon, and the truth.”  Buddha

 

#201 Clouds

The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes. 

~Robert Frost

 

 

 

 

 

#200 Come

Come, whoever you are! Wanderer, worshipper, lover of leaving. This is not a caravan of despair. It doesn't matter if you've broken your vow a thousand times, still and yet again come!  ~Rumi

#199 Invisible world

 Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible. ~Rumi

#197 love

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. ~Rumi

#194 Unite

Now is the time to unite the soul and the world. Now is the time to see the sunlight dancing as one with the shadows. ~Rumi

#191 Smiles

...smiles come best from those who weep. Lightning, then the rain-laughter. ~Rumi

#190 Dancing Particles

 

Daylight, full of small dancing particles. Can you see them when I whisper in your ear?  

~Rumi

 

 

 

 

#189 Secret Freedom

A secret freedom opens through a crevice you can barely see. ~Rumi

#187 Radiant

Purify your eyes, and see the pure world.

    Your life will fill with radiant forms. ~Rumi

#186

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. ~Rumi

#182 Artist

“A great artist is never poor."

Isak Dinesen