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A sunflower’s reason for existence must be to simply make us smile.
~Medicine out of Pain~
In the drumbeat moment of red flowers opening and grapes being crushed,
the soul and luminous clarity sit together.
All desire wants is a taste of you,
two small villages in a mountain valley where everyone longs for presence.We start to step up, a step appears.
You say, I am more compassionate than your
mother and father.
I make medicine out of your pain.From your chimney smoke I shape new constellations.
I tell everything, but I do not say it, because, my friend,
it is better your secret be spoken by you.Rumi
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Good morning Linda~
What a WONDERFUL post!
OMG…your photos of the sunflowers are FAB-U-LOUS! Not are the colors breathtaking, but I love how you cropped them.
“A sunflower’s reason for existence must be to simply make us smile.”
HA! Isn’t that the truth because anytime I see a sunflower, I DO smile! I feel that way about daisies too. Daisies are such sweet-looking flowers. They always look as though they’re saying, “Come on everyone, lets get HAPPY!”
Lovely and insightful quote by Rumi.
“I tell everything, but I do not say it, because, my friend,
it is better your secret be spoken by you.”
Love that!
Thanks for sharing such a happy and insightful post, my friend!
(((( You )))))
Hope your having a wonderful week!
xoxoxoxoxox
good eve, ron,
i didn’t know you loved sunflowers so YAY!! And Rumi is my 13th century (appx:) lover tho he preferred his teacher… ah well:)
xxx
“it is better your secret be told by you”. I have always felt the importance of honoring that in others. that their story is theirs to tell, not mine. Just as each sunflower blooms in its own pattern, its own time, at its own angle. Thank you for this lovely reminder of that truth.
dear joss,
i feel like i have known you before. maybe that’s why i went against my usual behavior and joined touch the moon! and it looks like fun!
thank you for your sweet comment.
‘We start to step up, a step appears.’ I like this line especially since I’ve found it to be a universal truth.
Your sunflower pictures are a marvel to behold. I remember when the sunflowers in our Vancouver had finished blooming we’d hang them upside down on the back porch so the birds could enjoy them during the winter. Do you do that with yours?
I hope your garden is helping to keep your heart and steps light.
xoxo
hi susan,
but isn’t it always there whatever it is we need? i could use a bit more in the health dept and am awaiting the universe.
i like that line too…and all the rest of them too.
sunflower is not from this year’s garden or i would leave it in place for the birds. i never hang them but just let them dry in the garden…field by then, given the hot summers.
my courtyard is lovely and i am enjoying it with some new gravel laid between cracks so as not to trip me up. the flowers and the honey bees are a joy and always lift the heart. someday i hope we can share a cuppa there together. xxx
Hey there, Painted Lady! (We used to call (cow plops) Cow-pies–depending on their formative molecules–grin!
Here am i back to try this Word Press once more. (We just don’t get along, as you know!)
Think of you often Linda, since the “Farm” picture hangs right in front of me as I type or compute. Really like flower photos, …OR flowers in the field. They are more proof there is a God. And Rumi…I LOVE his writings!
A bonus on your blog is the comments section, where Peeps write interestingly. I’ve missed being here, but AM close by, no matter. Hope yu are looking toward Fall with enthusiasm. Then…winter!
Take care, Pretty Lady.
PEACE!
hi steve and welcome back from your long ride! we call them cow flops for some unknown reason. thank you for stopping by even tho i do know you do not like wp. i wish you did so i’d see you more often but it’s ok. a little…
Do you like rumi too? i didn’t know that but i sure do. i also adore hafiz, very similar but a bit less serious…well, in thinking about it, a lot less serious!!
i am glad you see a bonus in the comments. i love those who leave me their thoughts. i have some lovely commenters who come by regularly. i just wish we didn’t live a million miles apart! the nature of the internet i suppose.
take care, kind man…xxx
Girl, I am pissed–See? Click on my name, and where do you land? In ‘no-man’s’ land…DAMMM Word Press
ok my dear man,
i have sent you an email as well as a comment on your blog trying to let you know that everything is fine. it might not have shown you anything since it’s already knowing it’s you but i was taken to your new gravatar where it linked to your blog and saw a wonderful photo of you. i am not sure what it was that made you so angry but perhaps it is just the principle of it all. wp is not blogger but it’s benefits, at least for me, outweigh the ease of leaving a comment on blogger- like security & an end to the spamming you probably don’t have anyway.
i still don’t know if , with the grav. you get to avoid the sign it. i think you do and that’s the point since Gravatar is actually WP. we shall hope and pray it does. please come back again and try it out to see.
be happy. xox
Gorgeous photos to go with some very powerful words.
I’m not sure which bits I like best. I’m glad I don’t have to pick–it looses its essence if I pull one bit out. So I’ll just stand with the whole lot of ‘em.
I’m going to have to investigate Rumi a bit more.
And next year, I’m gonna haffta plant sunflowers.
They DO make me happy.
dear mel,
thank you for your words today. they are so very appreciated during this time. and yes, one just eats rumi in one bite! sunflowers are there for more than just to be, i am convinced. they watch the sun after all… smart beings. xoxox
Sentinels.
Ya know….I’m so glad I’m not alone in that belief!
And yes…..Rumi to be investigated. I’m in the mood for spiritual validations. So thank you twice over!
Good morning Mel!
Yes, investigate Rumi and Hafiz as well. Hafiz is not quite so serious, rather has a great sense of humor~at least his translator did!
xox