Thy body is a heap of roses, thy thought rosewater.

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When sorrow seizes you, if you are wise, You will question that sorrow-fraught moment, Saying to it, "O sorrow, who now deniest thy portion of bounty given thee by the Perfect One, Even if each moment be not to thee a glad spring, Yet of what is thy body, like a rose-heap, a storehouse? Thy body is a heap of roses, thy thought rosewater; 'Twere strange if rosewater ignored the rose-heap!"

Source Masnavi, Book VI, Story V, §9 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Rumi, when sorrow seizes you, the wise one questions it instead of simply enduring it: have you forgotten all the blessings you have received? Your body is like a heap of roses and your thought like their rosewater; the sweetness remains within you. Today, if a sadness comes, ask it gently, “What good have I received?” and name three concrete blessings in your life.

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