"This is now. Now is,
all there is. Don't wait for Then,
strike the spark, light the fire.
Sit at the Beloved's table,
feast with gusto, drink your fill.
then dance
the way branches of jasmine and cypress
dance in a spring wind.
The green earth
is your cloth;
tailor your robe
with dignity and grace.
–– Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic; interpretation by Coleman Barks (b. 1937), American poet
via Sketchbook #2, p. 1
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