<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=458912" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Self We Share</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter <br>with bread.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cave wants nothing to do with the sun. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is dumb, the self- defeating way <br>we've been. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A gold mine is calling us into its temple. <br>Instead, we bend and keep picking up rocks<br>from the ground. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Every thing has a shine like gold,<br>but we should turn to the source! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The origin is what we truly are. I add a little<br>vinegar to the honey I give. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bite of scolding makes ecstasy more familiar. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But look, fish, you're already in the ocean:<br>just swimming there makes you friends with<br>glory. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What are these grudges about? You are Benjamin.<br>Joseph has put a gold cup in your grain sack and <br>accused you of being a thief. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now he draws you aside and says,<br>'You are my brother. I</div><div style="margin:10px 0">am a prayer. You're the amen.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We move in eternal regions, yet<br>worry about property here. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is the prayer of each: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are the source of my life. <br>You separate essence from mud. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You honor my soul. You bring rivers from the <br>mountain springs. You brighten my eyes. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The wine you offer takes me out of myself into<br>the self we share. Doing that is religion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rumi">Rumi</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=458912" data-title="The Self We Share de Rumi" data-description="Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter with bread. The cave wants nothing to do with the sun. This is dumb, the self- defeating way we've been. A gold mine is calling us into its temple. Instead, we bend and keep picking up rocks from t..."></div> </div> </div>

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