Time is needed for blood to become milk.

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Time is needed for blood to become milk. Till thy fortune comes forth as a new-born babe, Blood becomes not milk, sweet and pleasant to the mind.

Source Masnavi, Book II, Prologue, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, a Sufi poet, time is needed for blood to become milk: what ripens within us needs patience before it becomes sweet and nourishing for others. Today, think of something in you that is not ready yet — a project, a healing, a forgiveness — and give it, without impatience, the time to ripen.

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