"This being human is a guest house. Every morning brings a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture; still, treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight..." - Rumi
I saved this from an English class years ago. I had to analyze it. Then, it seemed like a waste of time. Now, not so much. My life has given it meaning. It's amazing how words, lyrics, stanzas sum up our existence. When you think about it, the definition of life is so vague once you take all that it holds and all that comes with it into consideration. Each of us can and will interpret this differently because life is synonymous with so much and each of us holds our own definition of it. However, it holds a common truth that however we define it, life is to be lived and experienced.
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