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What reason could we even wish for?

4/11/2016

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We mostly don't associate Mondays with joy.
Usually, it's the opposite - Monday is like the ultimate nagging reminder or impermanence: no matter how amazing your weekend was, here I am and there's nothing you can do to stop me.
That's why we decided to offer you some inspiration every Monday in this new section in our blog, called quite appropriately - Monday Inspiration
Every Monday we'll share with you some of our favorite poems, inspirational quotes, or some other piece of inspirational writing.

And for the grand opening of this blog section, who could be a better guest that one of the greatest Persian mystic poets - Hafez? Hafez lived in 14th century Persia, but is still widely read in present day Iran.


This poem of his is one of my personal favorites. It is so easy forget that we don't need reasons to feel joy. Actually, there can be no reason behind joy - joy is the cause and the effect. 

Enjoy the poem and feel free to share your reflections in the comments below.

And For No Reason

And
For no reason
I start skipping like a child.

And
For no reason
I turn into a leaf
That is carried so high
I kiss the Sun's mouth
And dissolve.

And
For no reason
A thousand birds
Choose my head for a conference table,
Start passing their
Cups of wine
And their wild songbooks all around.

And
For every reason in existence
I begin to eternally,
To eternally laugh and love!

When I turn into a leaf
And start dancing,
I run to kiss our beautiful Friend
And I dissolve in the Truth
That I Am.

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