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    This poem discusses the importance of setting out on journeys, whether literally or figuratively, as a means of growth and transformation. It provides several natural examples of how leaving one's current situation leads to positive change, such as a tree that cannot be cut down if it could fly away, rainwater that rises into the air to water the garden, and a drop of water that enters a shell and becomes a pearl. The poem suggests that by exploring new paths, whether external travels or internal contemplation, people can gain power, love, and self-knowledge, just as Joseph gained new opportunities when he left his father and journeyed to Egypt.

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    This poem discusses the importance of setting out on journeys, whether literally or figuratively, as a means of growth and transformation. It provides several natural examples of how leaving one's current situation leads to positive change, such as a tree that cannot be cut down if it could fly away, rainwater that rises into the air to water the garden, and a drop of water that enters a shell and becomes a pearl. The poem suggests that by exploring new paths, whether external travels or internal contemplation, people can gain power, love, and self-knowledge, just as Joseph gained new opportunities when he left his father and journeyed to Egypt.

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    This poem discusses the importance of setting out on journeys, whether literally or figuratively, as a means of growth and transformation. It provides several natural examples of how leaving one's current situation leads to positive change, such as a tree that cannot be cut down if it could fly away, rainwater that rises into the air to water the garden, and a drop of water that enters a shell and becomes a pearl. The poem suggests that by exploring new paths, whether external travels or internal contemplation, people can gain power, love, and self-knowledge, just as Joseph gained new opportunities when he left his father and journeyed to Egypt.

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    The Importance of Setting Out

    by Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi

    If a tree could fly off, it would not suffer the saw.


    The sun hurries all night to be back for morning.
    Salty water rises in the air,
    so the garden will be drenched with fresh rain.
    A drop leaves home,
    enters a certain shell, and becomes a pearl.
    Joseph turns from his weeping father, toward Egypt.
    emember how that turned out.
    Journeys bring power and love back into you.
    If you cannot go somewhere,
    move in the passageways of the self.
    They are like shafts of light, always changing,
    and you change when you e!plore them.
    From Rumi: The Big Red Book The "reat #asterpiece $elebrating #ystical %ove &
    'riendship, pg. ()*
    The collected translations by Coleman Barks

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