Sorrow prepares you for joy.
It violently sweeps everything
out of your house, so that new joy can
find space to enter.
It shakes the yellow leaves
from the bough of your heart,
so that fresh, green leaves can grow
in their place.
It pulls up the rotten roots,
so that new roots hidden beneath
have room to grow.
Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart,
Far better things
will take their place. - Rumi