Rumi

Don't turn away.
Keep looking at the bandaged place.
That's where the light enters you.
                               Rumi

This quote I discovered on the first page
of the novel, The Sorrows of an American,
by Siri Hustvedt.  I couldn't turn to the
second page.
.
First, I thought,  make sure the place is
 bandaged or you will bleed out.
Second, while you are waiting for
the light to enter you -and this may take awhile-
 bandage the wound with all that nurtures you---
good music, yoga, walks in the woods, nourishing
food and friends, art, poetry, play and those four
footed friends that love unconditionally---
a dog, for me, always a dog.




Life is good when you have all
 your toys surrounding you.
                           Piper