[Tariqas] Success

[frank gaude']

'Thanks to your "success," you now have something to lose. Because of 
this - as if suddenly aware of the risks - you ask whether you, or 
anyone, can "succeed." If you go on in this way, thoughtlessly mirroring 
yourself in an obituary, you will soon be writing your epitaph - in two 
senses.

'Do what you can - and the task will rest lightly in your hand, so 
lightly that you will be able to look forward to the more difficult 
tests, which may be awaiting you.

'When the morning's freshness has been replaced by the weariness of 
midday, when the leg muscles quiver under the strain, the climb seems 
endless, and, suddenly, nothing will go quite as you wish - it is then 
that you must not hesitate.'-- Dag Hammarskjöld


IrvingK57 at aol.com wrote:

> Salaam Alaikum Dear Brothers and Sisters:
> Here is a poem you might enjoy.
>
> Ya Haqq,
>
> Irving
>
> *
> Hear, O darvish, the song of Love
> the unending tale of the heart.
> God whispers “Be!” and infinity
> takes eternal flight.
> Love commands the darkness to depart,
> and the world to arise in light.
> Mountains, seas and stars bear witness,
> The east wind cries out on the wing.
> La Illaha illa Allah,
> O Sufi, the universe sings.*
>
> >From Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel
> http://www.masterofthejinn.com