I am the Leaf's soft Rustle; the Billow's Rise and Fall.

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A mote I in the Sunshine, yet am the Sun's vast Ball; I bid the Sun spread Sunlight, and make the Mote be small. I am the Morning Splendour; I am the Evening Breeze; I am the Leaf's soft Rustle; the Billow's Rise and Fall. I am the Mast and Rudder, the Steersman and the Ship; I am the Cliff out-jutting, the Reef of Coral Wall.

Source Rûmî, Divan (Hastie), Gazel 16, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, the one who speaks here is the soul united with God, who recognizes itself present in all things: from the speck of dust to the sun, from the evening breeze to the ship and its pilot. Today, during a walk or at your window, choose three things — a leaf, a breath of wind, a light — and look at each one as part of the same Life that also flows through you.

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