{"id":770,"date":"2006-11-26T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-26T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2006\/11\/sunday-inspiration-4.html"},"modified":"2006-11-26T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-26T07:49:00","slug":"sunday-inspiration-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2006\/11\/sunday-inspiration-4.html","title":{"rendered":"Sunday inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

This poem came from a friend and fits perfectly into our recent theme of meeting the shadow: <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This being human is a guest-house:
Every morning a new arrival.<\/p>\n

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.<\/p>\n

Welcome and entertain them all,
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.<\/p>\n

Still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.<\/p>\n

The dark thought, the shame, the malice:
meet them at the door laughing
and invite them in.<\/p>\n

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.<\/div>\n

–Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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