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The Importance of Failing   —Rumi
 
God fixes a passionate desire in you,
and then disappoints you.
God does that a hundred times.
 
God breaks the wings of one’s intention,
and then gives you another.
Cuts the rope of contriving,
so you’ll remember your dependence.
 
But sometimes your plans work out!
You feel fulfilled and in control.
That’s because, if you were always failing,
you might give up.
 
But remember, it is by failures that lovers know how they are loved.
Failure is the key to the kingdom within.
Your prayer should be,
“Break the legs of what I want to happen.
Humiliate my desire. Eat me like candy.”
It is spring, and finally I have no will.

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