Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.

– Rumi

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If you’ve been a regular reader of this blog, you might’ve noticed that I share quotes from time to time – quotes that I like, and that mean something to me. It’s been a while since I last shared one, so I thought that’s what I’ll write about for this post.

The above quote is a translated version of a verse taken from the 13th century Persian poet Rumi’s poem, A Great Wagon. I’m not going to try to explain what he might have meant by this quote, as there are plenty of interpretations of its meaning already, and who really knows what he had in mind when he thought of this line? All we can do is guess based on our understanding.

So, what I am going to do is tell you why I like this quote myself – what it means to me or reminds me of. It may very well not be what Rumi might’ve intended, but to be honest, I don’t think he really would’ve even imagined that people would be talking about this line of his hundreds of years in the future! 🙂

So, here’s why I like this quote:Read More »