From Behind a Cloud

“An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.”― Hafiz

“Laughter What is laughter? What is laughter?
It is God waking up! O it is God waking up!
It is the sun poking its sweet head out
From behind a cloud
You have been carrying too long,
Veiling your eyes and heart.
It is Light breaking ground for a great Structure
That is your Real body—called Truth.
It is happiness applauding itself and then taking flight
To embrace everyone and everything in this world.
Laughter is the polestar
Held in the sky by our Beloved,
Who eternally says,
“Yes, dear ones, come this way,
Come this way toward Me and Love!”
― Hafez, I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy

The power of a smile, laughter, delight
In the midst of all the messiness, struggle, worry
To let light in
To dance with joy
Sing with laughter
To put it all down
To stop doing, figuring, calculating, mapping, hacking, striving
Allowing, inviting, open door
Cross the threshold
To being over doing.

“Now that your worry has proved such an unlucrative business,
Why not find a better job?”― Hafez, The Poetry Pharmacy Returns