Keep walking, though there's no place to get to.
Don't try to see through the distances.
That's not for human beings.
Move within,
But don't move the way fear makes you move.
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened.
Don't open the door to the study and begin reading.
Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
— Jalal ad-Din Rumi, from "The Essential Rumi", translated by Coleman Barks
Reflections
Journey over the destination. Don't try to see through the distances. Move WITHIN.
Fear is inevitable. It's bound to exist. Did you think life would be easy? Did you think if you achieved X thing that suddenly, fear and difficulty would not exist?
Difficulty is a feature of life, not a bug. It's our choice what the difficulty and HARD thing in our lives we choose to adopt is.
Hormozi x Rumi.
Let the beauty we love be what we do. Enjoy every moment. Cherish every aspect of life, despite it potentially being hard.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. There are hundreds of ways to be grateful. To be happy and feel fulfilled.
Today, like every other day, I wake up empty and frightened. Despite all the good, my mind focuses on all the bad. And that's natural and okay. But it requires intentional redirection.
Everything that leads to growth will be against what the nafs takes us towards. What feels "natural" as a human being is simply the nafs easing into complacency and short term gratification. Focusing on what could have been or what we wish had been done better is exactly that.
Oh it feels hard to be grateful? What did you expect?