{"id":2179,"date":"2017-02-01T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:20","slug":"feb-1-rumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/02\/01\/feb-1-rumi\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 1  Rumi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, \u00a0February 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, February 1 \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0 Rumi \u00a0 \u00a0\u201c . . . \u00a0as an unexpected visitor\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n1st posted January 28, 2015<\/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) \u00a0\u00a0<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.\u00a0 \u00a0A friend, who reads this list, sent me Rumi\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Guest House.\u201d \u00a0 Her note reminded me that I had managed to post over 200 poems and prayers without inviting Rumi onto the list. \u00a0\u201cThe Guest House\u201d is a good poem to welcome another great poet here.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the middle work day of the last January week. \u00a0Some friends from the east coast have told me stories of blizzards out there. \u00a0Some friends on campus talk about how cold it is. \u00a0A good day for welcoming what comes our way. \u00a0\u00a0Best to read the poem out loud, with pauses.<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post \u201c<\/strong>The Guest House\u201d<\/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 size-full wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2015\/01\/Rumi.jpg\" alt=\"Rumi\" width=\"138\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, \u00a0February 1 Wednesday, February 1 \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0 Rumi \u00a0 \u00a0\u201c . . . \u00a0as an unexpected visitor\u201d 1st posted January 28, 2015 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) \u00a0\u00a0Persian\u00a0poet, jurist,\u00a0Islamic scholar, theologian, and\u00a0Sufi\u00a0mystic\u00a01207-1273.\u00a0 \u00a0A friend, who reads this list, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/02\/01\/feb-1-rumi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2180,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions\/2180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}