Not Here

There's courage involved if you want to become truth.
There is a broken-open place in a lover.
Where are those qualities of bravery and sharp compassion in this group?
What's the use of old and frozen thought.
I want a howling hurt.
This is not a treasury where gold is stored; this is for copper.
We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change.
Lukewarm won't do.
Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by?
Not here.
~~ Soul of Rumi

 

Truth . .  I am reminded everyday I live disingenuously and fall way short of impeccability.  Still I fall and try again . .  or at least I tell myself I will try again.