<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=459837" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The lotus in the heart</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How many centuries of centuries and trust <br>did it take the lotus <br>to take that crazy jump <br>from the known earth to unknown laws of water – </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to learn how to feed itself, to blossom, <br>to float on the water <br>without the water dampening its trusting, open petals? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">That same love that taught it all these things <br>may teach that lotus in my heart <br>over centuries of centuries <br>or in one crazy, trusting jump. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">* </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[leaning on Kabir's ‘jis se rahani apar jagat men’]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</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=459837" data-title="The lotus in the heart de Michael Shepherd" data-description="How many centuries of centuries and trust did it take the lotus to take that crazy jump from the known earth to unknown laws of water – to learn how to feed itself, to blossom, to float on the water without the water dampening its trustin..."></div> </div> </div>

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