Rumi Poem

On Friday afternoon I for the first time in months I completed a Yoga CD called Yoga Chant by Shiva Rea. I slowly twisted, and turned, and moaned, as aches throughout my body and my mind were stretched and eased.  At the end of the CD is this beautiful Rumi poem:


Remember the entrance door 
to the sanctuary is inside you. 
Love is a river 
Drink from it. 
A pearl in the shell 
does not touch the ocean. 
Be a pearl 
without a shell, 
a midful flooding 
a spark turned to flame 
bird settling nest
love lived. 

As I contemplated this poem I have discovered that it is the perfect life map for me.

1. The only place to find peace is in my own heart and I maintain the temple.
2. Love is vastly available if I want it.
3. To learn and experience more I must be brave and open
4. Find what makes me awake and spread it.
5. be in my own personal place that is home and settle there.

Rumi said to me with these easy steps love lives. I am going to use these five principles in this blog and continue my love filled life.
Cheers to being a bird, settled in nest.