Saturday, November 2, 2024
تلخ از نهاد
به دشمن برت مهربانی مباد
که دشمن درختیست تلخ از نهاد
درختی که تلخش بُوَد گوهرا
اگر چرب و شیرین دهی مَروِرا
همان میوه تلخ آرد پدید
از او چرب و شیرین نیار پدید
میوه تلخ
درختی که تلخ است وی را سرشت
گرش برنشانی به باغ بهشت
ور از جوی خُلدش به هنگام آب
به بیخ انگبین ریزی و شهد ناب
سرانجام گوهر به کار آورد
همان میوه ی تلخ بار آورد
#فردوسی
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Externally destitute, internally magnificent
Some of the best people I met in my therapeutic practice were people who, on the surface, had nothing worldly going for them. They weren't attractive, they weren't intelligent, they weren't accomplished, they weren't popular. In fact, they were often friendless, they often had devastated families, they had terrible developmental histories, they just had devastated lives. And yet, there was still a core of ethical goodness to them that was stunning under the circumstances.