This is now. Now is,
all there is. Don’t wait for Then;
strike the spark, light the fire.
Sit at the Beloved’s table,
feast with gusto, drink your fill
then dance
the way branches
of jasmine and cypress
dance in a spring wind.
The green earth
is your cloth;
tailor your robe
with dignity and grace.
~ Rumi ~
(1207 – 1273)
What an awesome and powerful wish for the New Year. Hope you don’t min if I cut and paste it all over the place.
Oh, no; I don’t mind at all! I am sure Rumi would be pleased, and I surely wish it for you, dear Athene Noctuna!