Thou hast no one in the whole world; why dost thou not weep bitterly over thyself? For if thou have a hundred friends in thy house, when thou diest, thou wilt find them all strangers.

This grief is not given thee easily; straw will not give the strength of a mountain. If thou wouldst have even an atom of this grief, thou must have the purity of the sea and the endurance of the mountains.

If thou die a moment before thy appointed time, in that one moment thou shalt conquer a whole world. Forsaken and forlorn as thou art, if thou but knewest from Whose presence thou art kept at such a distance. In regret thou wouldst brand thy side and bow thy head over thy knees in confusion.

~ FARIDUDEEN ATTAR ~