We mostly don’t associate Mondays with joy. Usually, it’s the opposite – Monday is like the ultimate nagging reminder or impermanence: no matter how amazing your weekend was, here I am and there’s nothing you can do to stop me. That’s why we decided to offer you some inspiration every Monday in this new section in our blog, called quite appropriately – Monday Inspiration Every Monday we’ll share with you some of our favorite poems, inspirational quotes, or some other piece of inspirational writing.
And for the grand opening of this blog section, who could be a better guest that one of the greatest Persian mystic poets – Hafez? Hafez lived in 14th century Persia, but is still widely read in present day Iran.
This poem of his is one of my personal favorites. It is so easy forget that we don’t need reasons to feel joy. Actually, there can be no reason behind joy – joy is the cause and the effect.
Enjoy the poem and feel free to share your reflections in the comments below.
And For No Reason
And For no reason I start skipping like a child.
And For no reason I turn into a leaf That is carried so high I kiss the Sun’s mouth And dissolve.
And For no reason A thousand birds Choose my head for a conference table, Start passing their Cups of wine And their wild songbooks all around.
And For every reason in existence I begin to eternally, To eternally laugh and love!
When I turn into a leaf And start dancing, I run to kiss our beautiful Friend And I dissolve in the Truth That I Am.
