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Though to you this time seems midnight, To me the dawn of joyful morn seems nigh. To the vulgar all parts of the world seem dead, But to God they are instinct with sense and love.
Source Masnavi, Book VI, Story III, §6 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, where we see only night, the eye of the heart already senses the dawn, and what seems dead is, for God, full of meaning and love. Today, in a situation that seems hopeless to you, look for a small sign of dawn — some help, some progress, a smile — and name it out loud.
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