O Mind, where are you this morning? <br />I really need your help… <br /> <br />God bestowed on you His most precious gift – <br />He gave you the ticket to roam <br />the length and breadth and height of all His lovely Creation <br />- as much as any mind can know what’s there <br />behind what’s there – <br /> <br />you use this ticket all the time, <br />but have you ever thanked Him? <br /> <br />When it’s time for you to come home <br />because you’re needed there <br />you send a message saying, <br />I’m busy here – I’ll be back later – <br /> <br />and then, what happens? <br />You dream up ideas of 'me' and 'mine', <br />and then like a dog, bury a juicy bone <br />because you don't trust your Master <br />to feed you every day... <br /> <br />My body was made by God, and <br />fed by Him every day, but <br />it’s always here at home; and <br />it would love you to be home… <br /> <br />My soul was made by God, and <br />fed by Him every day, but <br />it’s always here at home; and <br />it would love you to be home… <br /> <br />O Mind, you were made by God and <br />fed by Him every day, and <br />given this freedom pass by Him; <br />why can’t you be here at home when you’re needed? <br /> <br />You’re supposed to be my servant; <br />Did I not train you properly? <br />loved you perhaps too much? <br /> <br />I have urgent errands every day for you; <br />when you’ve done them, I’m happy <br />to let you off the leash, laughing, barking, <br />leaping, panting, your tail wagging like mad <br />at the fun of being you… <br /> <br />Please, Mind, be a good dog.. <br />we’ll love each other all the more… <br />I promise…<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-spirit-of-rumi-49-the-mind/
