Are we too easily satisfied?

Are we too easily satisfied? 2016-02-14T20:34:07-07:00

 

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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