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Through love bitter things seem sweet, Through love bits of copper are made gold. Through love dregs taste like pure wine, Through love pains are as healing balms. Through love thorns become roses, And through love vinegar becomes sweet wine. Through love the stake becomes a throne, Through love reverse of fortune seems good fortune.
Source Masnavi, Book II, Story VI, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, love transforms everything it touches: the bitter becomes sweet, copper becomes gold, thorns become roses, and even the stake of torment becomes a throne. Today, choose a difficult task or a bitter moment of your day and live it out of love for someone, noticing how this changes its taste.
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