MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house . Every morning a new arrival . A joy , a depression , a meanness , some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor . Welcome and entertain them all ! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows , who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture , still , treat each guest honorably . He may be clearing you out for some new delight . The dark thought , the shame , the malice . meet them at the door laughing and invite them in . Be grateful for whatever comes . because each has been sent as a guide from beyond .
— Jellaludin Rumi , translation by Coleman Barks
Photograph by Jenny Greentree , Bourke
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