15 Rumi quotes to cultivate love and gratitude.

I would like to introduce you to Rumi. A Persian poet who walked this earth in the 13th Century. His musings on life, love, Sufism, and the mysteries of our universe are relatable. When I read his words they speak to my heart. Loves translation.

There are not many who speak this language that softly whispers over the suns and moons to me…when I find them, I treasure them deeply. This short sweet post is to express my gratitude for Rumis existence and above all, the divine expressing herself in the form of this man named Mevlana Rumi…

1. “Love is the bridge between you and everything.”
2. “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”
3. “Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”
4. “Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”
5. “Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.”
6. “Be soulful. Be kind. Be in love.”
7. “Love sometimes wants to do us a great favour: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.”
8. “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
9. “Lovers find secret places
   inside this violent world
   where they make transactions
   with beauty.”
10. “Love so needs to love
    that it will endure almost anything, even abuse,
    just to flicker for a moment. But the sky’s mouth is kind,
    its song will never hurt you, for I
    sing those words.”
11. Love isn’t the work of the tender and the gentle;
    Love is the work of wrestlers.
    The one who becomes a servant of lovers
    is really a fortunate sovereign.
    Don’t ask anyone about Love; ask Love about Love.
    Love is a cloud that scatters pearls.”
12. “If I love myself
    I love you.
    If I love you
    I love myself.”
13. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
    and rightdoing there is a field.
    I’ll meet you there.
    When the soul lies down in that grass
    the world is too full to talk about.”
14. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you love. It will not lead you astray.”
15. “Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there.”