Sorrow prepares you for joy...

“Sorrow prepares you for joy.

It violently sweeps everything out

of your house,

so that new joy can find space to enter.

It shakes the yellow leaves from

the bough of your heart,

so that fresh, green leaves

can grow in their place.

It pulls up the rotten roots,

so that new roots hidden beneath

have room to grow.

Whatever sorrow shakes

from your heart,

far better things will take their place.”

― Rumi

Done