This is how a human being can change:

there's a worm addicted to eating
grape leaves.
Suddenly, he wakes up,
call it grace, whatever, something
wakes him, and he's no longer
a worm.
He's the entire vineyard,
and the orchard too, the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that doesn't need
to devour.

Jelaluddin Rumi in The Essential Rumi by Jelalludin Rumi, Coleman Barks, translator

 

To Practice This Thought:
Celebrate a moment when you have seen the world with fresh eyes.

 

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