Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Worm's Waking


This is how a human being can change.
There is a worm
addicted to eating grape leaves.

Suddenly, he wakes up,
call it grace, whatever, something
wakes him, and he is no longer a worm.

He is the entire vineyard,
and the orchard too, the fruit, the trunks,
a growing wisdom and joy
that does not need to devour.
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4 comments:

  1. ElisabethFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    Generosity begets generativity. To eat and receive like the worm is to give I suppose and thereby everything else grows too. Thanks, Ruth.

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  2. RuthFebruary 17, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    Very interesting, Elisabeth. I had to think about that word generativity.

    I also think of Isaiah 58:11 . . . you will be like a well watered garden . . . . You have to be well fed and watered in order to have fruits to offer.

    Thank you.

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  3. stevenFebruary 17, 2011 at 6:43 AM

    so like today's rilke . . . . letting go of place and purpose and name and melding into the whole. steven

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  4. Katherine KrigeFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Grace is a mysterious and fabulous thing that has purpose in its wandering way.

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At the request of a Rumi Reader, I have enabled comments, because I agree that someone, sometime might want to write about the power of Rumi's words. So many times they have met me in ways I just have to share, and so I want you to have that opportunity here. There is no expectation for comments, but please do write something if you feel the urge. ~ Ruth