'It seems from time to time - if not always - <br />that all that stands between my present self, <br />and what I hope to be, is...just myself...' <br />'But you are not the trouble - you're the cure! ' <br /> <br />'Well, that's all very fine; but I feel locked - <br />I just can't free myself from all my past; <br />the mind can't see escape from habit's grasp...' <br />'But you are not that lock; you are the key! ' <br /> <br />'If only I were - but I won't name names - <br />I'm sure it would be easier for me <br />to be my self; at least, feel much more free...' <br />'Well, that's too bad - that's just not how it works! <br /> <br />Just see and love your self; and know this true: <br />there is no self more beautiful than you! '<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0277-rumi-the-sufi-puts-you-straight/
