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* You are a Drop

drop in the ocean

“You are a drop:
Divine being is the ocean.
While you still live,
hold steadily before you
the vision of the whole
and you will be the whole.”

– Jalal-ud-Din Rumi
(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)*

 

Let us hold steady before us the vision of the whole.

Don’t let the divisiveness and turmoil distract us from what is yet to be revealed.

Let us trust in the ocean.

Namaste

Val T Boyko
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29 responses to “* You are a Drop”

  1. socialbridge Avatar
    socialbridge

    Happy to trust in the ocean, Val!!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Mermaids and water babies do
      As do you Jean
      💕

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      1. socialbridge Avatar
        socialbridge

        HaHa … but I do in Rumi’s sense as well.

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  2. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    Going for a walk on the beach on Wednesday morning (and today) restored my equilibrium as I watched the waves engage in constant change.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      The rhythm of nature and its ebb and flow.
      The constant movement and shifting
      Reminds us that we are also a part of it all.
      I would love to be by the ocean right now!
      Thanks Nancy 💛

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  3. Jill Weatherholt Avatar
    Jill Weatherholt

    The ocean is my happy place.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Me too Jill. I would so love to live there 💛

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  4. Healing Grief Avatar
    Healing Grief

    Love this! Thankyou Val 🙏🏻

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Karen for being the drop …. that sends ripples of healing around the world. And for being here 💛

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      1. Healing Grief Avatar
        Healing Grief

        🙏🏻💚🙏🏻

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  5. lisa thomson-The Great Escape... Avatar
    lisa thomson-The Great Escape…

    A lovely sentiment to share, Val. Just in time.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Lisa 💛 I hope life is treating you well. xo

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  6. smilecalm Avatar
    smilecalm

    in this sea
    gives me a wet
    cozy feeling, Val 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Drops together …. 💕

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  7. Ann Koplow Avatar
    Ann Koplow

    So glad we’re drops together, Val.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Indeed Ann. Indeed 💕

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  8. Tom Merriman Avatar
    Tom Merriman

    ‘At the end of the day’, we are all in it together, Val.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Well said Tom 💕

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  9. Mél@nie Avatar
    Mél@nie

    I love Rumi and Gibran… ❤

    “In one drop of water are found all the secrets of the oceans, and in one aspect of YOU are found those of the existence.”(Kahlil Gibran – Poet of the Ecology of Life)

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you for such a lovely contribution Melanie 💝

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  10. Tiny Avatar
    Tiny

    Beautiful image and a comforting message! Thanks Val!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Helen! Keep the faith 💛

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  11. reocochran Avatar
    reocochran

    I take comfort in nature and the warmth of people who care and love one another, Val. ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Beautifully said Robin 💛

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  12. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
    IreneDesign2011

    I feel this one, when I meditate by the Mediterranean Sea in the mornings, Val ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes … when we are by the sea it brings this message home. And brings us home ❤️

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  13. kelleysdiy Avatar
    kelleysdiy

    Really love this!!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Kelly ❣️

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      1. kelleysdiy Avatar
        kelleysdiy

        😉

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