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Poets are known for their ability to transcend the common, the average, the mundane and enter into the world of magic. There, they unearth linguistic jewels from the depths of their experience and haul them back up to the rest of us through the labor of writing. Rumi, the thirteenth century Persian poet who entered that world of magic often and well, once brought us back the following nugget in response to the question "Where, where can I be safe?" Rumi answered,

This is not a day for asking questions.

Not a day on any calendar.

This day is conscious of itself.

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