Once the blossoms are gone,
the fruit becomes
visible;
when one fades away,
the other starts
growing.
How could bread give strength without
being broken?
How could the grape give wine
without being crushed?
- Rumi
Muriel Maufroy
"Breathing Truth - Quotations from Jalaluddin Rumi"
Sanyar Press - London, 1997
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