Frog

On Gambling

Published January 4, 2020 | By shirleytwofeathers

Coleman Barks talks about Rumi’s poems that describe gambling everything for love:

To a frog that’s never left his pond the ocean seems like a gamble. Look what he’s giving up: security, mastery of his world, recognition! The ocean frog just shakes his head. “I can’t really explain what it’s like where I live, but someday I’ll take you there.”

~The Essential Rumi