Rumi and Other Mystical Poets List: Thich Nhat Hanh DO Not Say

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Thich Nhat Hanh DO Not Say

Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive. Look deeply: I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with wings still fragile, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower, to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone. I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, in order to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that are alive. I am the mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of... Sign in to see full entry.

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