I would choose to have dinner with the 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, and Sufi mystic. Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi is a phenomenon and his poems have sold millions of copies making him a legendary figure.
I’ve posted many of his quotes here and I absolutely love his work. It would be interesting to sit down to dinner with him and to pick his brain on how he came about writing some of the most beautiful and thought-provoking poems of his time.
He died on December 17, 1273 so having dinner with him would be impossible but if I had a wish I would try to make it come true. His “profound verses on love, self-discovery, and spiritual awakening,” still continue to inspire us today.
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
Feeling inspired? I know I am. It would be a great honor to have dinner with a man who had spent a lot of time contemplating about life. Perhaps, a good way to gain wisdom and to forge a pathway forwards.
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