This is how a human being can change:
There's a worm addicted to eating
grape leaves.
There's a worm addicted to eating
grape leaves.
Suddenly, he wakes up,
call it Grace, whatever, something
wakes him,
and he's no longer
a worm.
call it Grace, whatever, something
wakes him,
and he's no longer
a worm.
He's the entire vineyard,
and the orchard too, the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that needs not devour.
–Rumi
and the orchard too, the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that needs not devour.
–Rumi
Call It Grace
This is how a human being can change:
There's a worm addicted to eating
grape leaves.
Suddenly, he wakes up,
call it Grace, whatever, something
wakes him,
and he's no longer
a worm.
He's the entire vineyard,
and the orchard too, the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that needs not devour.
–Rumi
The Worm's Waking
Coleman Barks version
http://peacefullpresence.blogspot.com/2014/11/call-it-grace.html
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