I've come to more of an appreciation of what it means to our souls to honor the creativity we are all capable of as human beings, and to put direct as much love as I can to that. So, I'm sharing with you this poem by the great Sufi master, Hafiz.
We have not come to take prisoners
We have not come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.
We have not come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.
Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.
We have a duty to befriend
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please
Come out and play."
We have not come here to take prisoners
Or to confine our wondrous spirits.
But to experience ever and ever more deeply
Our divine courage, freedom and
Light!
We have not come to take prisoners
We have not come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.
We have not come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.
Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.
We have a duty to befriend
Those aspects of obedience
That stand outside of our house
And shout to our reason
"O please, O please
Come out and play."
We have not come here to take prisoners
Or to confine our wondrous spirits.
But to experience ever and ever more deeply
Our divine courage, freedom and
Light!