#tiny truths

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cast all your votes for dancing

I know the voice of depression  Still calls to you.  I know those habits that can ruin your life  Still send their invitations.

But you are with the Friend now  And look so much stronger.  You can stay that way  And even bloom!

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun  From your prayers and work and music  And from your companions’ beautiful laughter.

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun From the sacred hands and glance of your Beloved  And, my dear,  From the most insignificant movements  Of your own holy body.

Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins  That may buy you a moment of pleasure,  But then drag you for days  Like a broken man  Behind a farting camel.

You are with the Friend now.  Learn what actions of yours delight Him,  What actions of yours bring freedom

And Love.

Whenever you say God’s name, dear pilgrim,  My ears wish my head was missing So they could finally kiss each other

And applaud all your nourishing wisdom!

O keep squeezing the drops of the Sun  From your prayers and work and music  And from your companions’ beautiful laughter  And from the most insignificant movements  Of your own holy body.

Now, sweet one,  Be wise,  Cast all your votes for Dancing!

- Hafiz (Who else?)