Be Grateful for Whoever Comes
In the poem The Guest House by Rumi , he invites the reader to think of emotions as if they are guests in our home. "Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond." This morning as I prepared a lesson for my class and myself for my day, I reread this stanza several times. I was thinking that the lesson applies to everything in our lives, not only our emotions but the people and events we experience. If you and I could manage to be grateful for who and whatever comes into our lives knowing that each is a guide we may live our life in a new way. Observing and embracing each as a lesson along this human journey, enjoying the learning experience. Not resisting, not wishing they/it would hurry up and go away but as an invited guest, that we wish would stay just a bit longer. Today as you go through your day be grateful for the people, emotions and events and treat them as an invited guest.