Ruminating with Rumi
The laws of the universe govern its movements. Be grateful for their efficiency. They brought your form into existence, along with a myriad of other objects in spacetime. Without gratitude, you may reject your existence and feel that the world is against you. Make peace within yourself. Peace brings gratitude. Gratitude brings clarity of vision. With clear vision, you see the way as this and that fade into the union of the whole of the all.
You are more aware when you are grateful. You are less into the me of the body and more into your true nature of joy and wisdom. You see the natural workings of nature all around you. You see through the dust of the world to find the light within. Gratitude is the recognition of that light in all.
There is no need to rue your existence or hope for something better. Be grateful, now, in this moment, that you are more than your body; that you are the joy within. Feel the peace of the moment. Hold that peace in all situations. Stop wailing in disharmony at your situation as you falsely perceive it. Play your flute in the symphony of nature as the beautiful vibration that you are. Your vibration is in harmony with all. Without you, there is no music, so go on—play your flute humbly in the garden of joy and gratitude. All will be grateful.