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Though you once smiled in that earthly garden, You are really roses of the garden of life and sight. If you are torn away from the garden of earth, You become sweet food to revive man's life; Yea, become his food and strength and thought!
Source Masnavi, Book III, Story XVIII, §5 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Rumi, who is speaking here to vegetables being cooked, what seems lost by going through trials becomes food that restores life and strength: in truth, we are roses of the garden of life. Today, as you prepare or share a meal, consider that what you are going through can also become strength and sweetness for others.
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