Jalaluddin RumiHow will you know the difficulties of being human, if you are always flying off to blue perfection? Where will you plant your grief seeds? Workers need ground to scrape and hoe, not the sky of unspecified desire.
About This Quote
The world should not be a place to fly off to in search of what is perfect, but a place where we can learn from the experiences of others. In this quote, the author states that we need to stay grounded and experience the reality of life. We cannot expect things to always go our way and we need to accept that things will not always be perfect. If we want to learn something from life, we must be willing to accept that we will fail and that we will make mistakes.
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- Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.
- Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.