ONE OF THE DUMBEST THINGS
YOU CAN DO
One of the dumbest things you can do
Is backbite an animal,
Or a human being.
Reason is:
Besides the fact that an animal
Who is feeling grouchy that day
Might bite you back ...
Whenever you speak ill of
Any living creature
Something of their shadow might fall
On you.
Some unwanted impressions of theirs
Could spill on
Your floor,
And I imagine
You are busy enough
Trying to keep things
Tidy.
~ Hafiz
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"One Of The Dumbest Things You Can Do" from A Year with Hafiz, Daniel Ladinsky, copyright 2011. www.danielladinsky.com. Printed with permission.
Relationship advice from Hafiz
There’s every chance that by now you’ll have spent an un-usual bit of time with those nearest and dearest to you and, given that one doesn’t choose one’s kin, nerves may be fraying.
If that happens to be the case, let’s see how Hafiz suggests we should remedy this…