Week 5: Getting Unstuck
Between stimulus and response
there is a space. In that space is our
power to choose our response. In our response
lies our growth and freedom.
—Viktor E. Frankl
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 sweeps 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 whoever comes,
Because each has been sent
As a guide from beyond.
—Rumi
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