{"id":1296,"date":"2015-04-01T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:49:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:49:32","slug":"april-1-jalad-ad-din-muhammad-rumi-%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84%e2%80%8c%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%85%db%8c%e2%80%8e-1207-1273","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2015\/04\/01\/april-1-jalad-ad-din-muhammad-rumi-%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84%e2%80%8c%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%85%db%8c%e2%80%8e-1207-1273\/","title":{"rendered":"April 1  &#8211; Jalal ad-Din Muhammad R\u016bm\u012b  (\u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u200e)   1207&#8211;&gt;1273"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday \u00a0April 1 \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0&#8220;This being human is a guest house.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, one of the readers of this poetry blog steps into the editor\u2019s role and suggests repeating a previous poem. \u00a0So yesterday afternoon. \u00a0\u201c&#8217;The Guest House,&#8217; my favorite poem so far in all these posts.\u201d \u00a0 \u201cBut,\u201d I replied, we posted it late in January; \u00a0this runs pretty close in time.\u201d \u00a0\u201cSo what?\u201d \u00a0s\/he replied. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s beautiful.\u201d \u00a0Good call. \u00a0I\u2019ve read it 3 times since getting up and I think I am the better for it. \u00a0 \u00a0Perhaps you will be too. \u00a0 Best to read the poem out loud, with some pauses; maybe more than once through the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Weather.com\">Weather.com<\/a> says sun by 10:30, good high pressure system, and 51% humidity by two.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Daffodils look more energetic by the day.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blest day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post\u00a0Today\u2019s Post \u201cThe Guest House\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This being human is a guest house.<br \/>\nEvery morning a new arrival.<\/p>\n<p>A joy, a depression, a meanness,<br \/>\nsome momentary awareness comes<br \/>\nAs an unexpected visitor.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome and entertain them all!<br \/>\nEven if they\u2019re a crowd of sorrows,<br \/>\nwho violently sweep your house<br \/>\nempty of its furniture,<br \/>\nstill treat each guest honorably.<br \/>\nHe may be clearing you out<br \/>\nfor some new delight.<\/p>\n<p>The dark thought, the shame, the malice,<br \/>\nmeet them at the door laughing,<br \/>\nand invite them in.<\/p>\n<p>Be grateful for whoever comes,<br \/>\nbecause each has been sent<br \/>\nas a guide from beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2015\/01\/Rumi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1156 \" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2015\/01\/Rumi.jpg\" alt=\"Rumi\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jal\u0101l ad-D\u012bn Muhammad R\u016bm\u012b\u00a0\u00a0(\u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u200e)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_people\">Persian<\/a>\u00a0poet, jurist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulama\">Islamic scholar<\/a>, theologian, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sufism\">Sufi<\/a>\u00a0mystic\u00a01207-1273.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday \u00a0April 1 \u00a0&#8211; 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