we are all His guests

There is a poem by Hafiz that has been waiting for just the right photo so that I can use it for a Friday post on my photo blog. I don't know when I'll find that photo, and my thoughts are too jumbled to make any sense of right now, so I thought I'd share the poem here. When I read it, my heart exploded. This - this - is how I want to live.

If God Invited You to a Party

"If God
Invited you to a party
And said,

"Everyone
In the ballroom tonight
Will be my special
Guest,"

How would you then treat them
When you
Arrived?

Indeed, indeed!

And Hafiz knows
There is no one in this world

Who
Is not upon
His Jeweled Dance
Floor."

Comments

[Toni]

That's a beautiful poem, E. We should treat every occasion, no matter where or when, as if we were on God's dance floor.

[elizabeth @ the blue lotus]

@Toni: Agree. Of course, I forget .. but life is meant for practice.