Whirling Dervishes are characteristic of Sufism. The saying below from Rumi melts many hearts as well as mine’s. We need his understanding of Islam more than ever!
The great Islamic scholar Mawlana Jalaladdin Rumi once said:
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself”
(Not comparing myself with Rumi in any way) When I was a kid I also used to think I could and had to change the world. However after 25 years of life experience with 21 years of it as a student since the age of 4 (and counting, as a PhD student), I now feel different. It seems like my dreams have become more realistic (or maybe narrowed down, depending on how you look at it)…
So I now say:
“Yesterday, I wanted to change the world. Today, I’m (concentrating on) writing my thesis” 🙂
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