This is an amazing 11 line verse by Rumi which I believe will help those in a time of need and they feel like they are getting crushed by life. I know that feeling and I have been there and it is not pleasant, but I look back now with gratitude. I share my insight and experience with you in this video.
Enjoy
Kenneth
“The grapes of my body can only become wine
After the winemaker tramples me.
I surrender my spirit like grapes to his trampling
So my inmost heart can blaze and dance with joy.
Although the grapes go on weeping blood and sobbing
“I cannot bear any more anguish, any more cruelty”
The trampler stuffs cotton in his ears: “I am not working in ignorance
You can deny me if you want, you have every excuse,
But it is I who am the Master of this Work.
And when through my Passion you reach Perfection,
You will never be done praising my name.”