Are we too easily satisfied?

Are we too easily satisfied? February 14, 2016

 

Attar's head in stone
Portrait bust of ‘Attar in Nishapur, Iran
(Wikimedia Commons)

 

“The ocean can be yours; why should you stop
Beguiled by dreams of evanescent dew?
The secrets of the sun are yours, but you
Content yourself with motes trapped in beams.” 

Farid al-Din ‘Attar (d. ca. AD 1220), The Conference of the Birds

 

Posted from Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii

 

 


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