Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who’s there. – Rumi

Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are. – Rumi

Be empty of worrying…. Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

Your legs will get heavy and tired. Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you’ve grown, lifting. – Rumi