"Begin"

By The Daily Dish

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More Rumi:

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.

(Hat tip: Gardenista and Kirmalak.)

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/06/-begin/200212/