Change

I am often taken by surprise at the clarity with which our spiritual ancestors, the Sufis, spoke centuries ago on our behalf. Prominent among them is, of course, Jalaluddin Rumi. But there are others. Each speaks to us from the treasury of spiritual insight that is desperately needed in our own darkening day.

This is how a human being can change:
there's a worm in the garden addicted to leaves.
Suddenly, it wakes up.
Call it grace, whatever you will,
something awakens it,
and its no longer a worm.
Now its flying over the entire garden,
and the orchard too,
with its fruit and its sea of leaves.
Inside is a growing wisdom and joy
that doesn't need to devour anything
anymore.
--Rumi