The Guest House by Rumi

 I posted this back in 2013, but it has been coming up in many sessions recently, as a useful, beautiful and pertinent piece. He was so wise.

"This being human is a guest house,
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awarness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all
Even when they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture.

Still treat each guest honorably,
He [or she] may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent

as a guide from beyond."