Rumi
There is one thing in this world which you must never forget to do. If you forget everything else and not this, there is nothing to worry about, but if you remember everything else and forget this, then you will have done nothing in your life.
It is as if a king has sent you to some country to do a task, and you perform a hundred other services, but not the one he sent you to do. So human beings come to this world to do particular work. That work is the purpose, and each is specific to the person. If you don’t do it, it’s as though a knife of the finest tempering were nailed into a wall to hang things on.
For a penny an iron nail could be bought to serve for that.
Remember the deep root of your being, the presence of your lord. Give your life to the one who already owns your breath and your moments. If you don’t, you will be like the one who takes a precious dagger and hammers it into his kitchen wall for a peg to hold his dipper gourd. You will be wasting valuable keenness and foolishly ignoring your dignity and your purpose.
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This is why I paint.
This is why I bother.
This is why I get up in the morning
sometimes
lots of times
putting paint to bord
pen to paper
foot in front of foot….
when voices try
to tell me
there’s really no point.
…There is point
And it is this
I get to.
It is my task
My assignment.
It is in this
paint
pen
foot
that I live out my bit of what I carry
using my tools for that which they are designed
most brilliantly.
I get to perform this purpose;
knives to carve-
nails to hang-
-hearts to melt.
And just keeping on trying to not let anyone get burned~
in love.
trish
Oh, Trish, I so needed that today. Right. This. Moment.
Now I need to go melt some hearts (and wax).
Thanks!
And I needed this right. this. moment. Thank you Ann <3
This should be required reading for every artist. For every time we doubt ourselves, for every time we distract ourselves with other less-important things, for every time we need to remember why we do what we do. Thank you, Rumi, for those words and thank you, Trish, for reminding us why they’re important.
Ohhhhh
Trish –
Definately an Ohhhhhhhhhh moment reading this today….A little late in reading emails but sooooooooo understood. I hope someday to meet you, we are closer now, OH & KY, lol….Really wanted to do encaustic camp this year but funds are low, life keeps getting in my way…Hopefully you will still have one in the US that someday I can attend although, the setting you have out West has always been a dream of mine to attend. Take care & have a blast w/camp….I will be thinking of all the fun you guys will be having that week!!!!! Smiles & Blessings, Kay