more water, rumi, learning

i can only do this,
but to a lesser extent,
and so what,
even to know
we have a back
and can bend even a little bit that way,
is to begin to realize
how amazing it is
how amazing it is
how amazing we are
how amazing this
time is

to be in this human
body
for this
short/ long
brilliant
and wonderful
(and awful,
when we let the story
get us down)
life
on
earth
thing


the day is wet
the fingers are cold
the stomach is full

my attention
is now
and then
not now
and back
again:

life on earth

the waters
come
the waters go
the waters come back
again

so be it

how much can we love
this life

---

Imagine a man selling his donkey
to be with Jesus

And now
Imagine him selling Jesus
to get a ride on a donkey.
This does happen .

Rumi