1/ 🧵 In the intricate dance of life, I've found that Rumi's wisdom rings true: it's like a balancing act where you are sometimes tightening your grip and sometimes consciously breaking free.
1/ 🧵 In the intricate dance of life, I've found that Rumi's wisdom rings true: it's like a balancing act where you are sometimes tightening your grip and sometimes consciously breaking free.
2/ 🧵 Life, for me, has many times been like a riotous river the nature of which is likely to be never the same. As clichéd as it might sound, there have been genuine moments of elation, satisfaction and bravery—where I clutched with fervor to my dreams and purposes—that made my life. However, the road of new discoveries and pain was paved with moments of hardship and loss as well, and it was wisdom to learn prodding letting go made my way easier.
3/ 🧵 Or while understanding that no one is capable of controlling it and sometimes we just need to let it go, whenever life surprised me. With situations which I had no power to control for example, the end of loving relationship and the loss of the beloved coming my way, clinging was thus a useless exercise.
4/ 🧵 In the ups and downs of life's currents, I have discovered that one can not possibly develop these two opposing forces of holding on and letting go together. Similarly, they could be likened to the breathing process, whereby they are made use of to relay a vital pulse which promotes the heart and mind to develop well.
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