I opened one of my favorite books, I Heard God Laughing, Renderings of Hafiz, and randomly picked a poem. What an appropriate New Year's Message:
Tripping over Joy
What is the difference
Between your experience of Existence
And that of a saint?
The saint knows
That the spiritual path
Is a sublime chess game with God
And that the Beloved
Has just made such a Fantastic Move
That the saint is now continually
Tripping over Joy
And bursting out in Laughter
And saying, " I Surrender!"
Whereas, my dear,
I am afraid you still think
You have a thousand serious moves.
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Hira says,
"I Surrender, I Surrender, I Surrender
and
With Self-Effort and Grace
I will Be All and Do All."
