Rumi Quotes

Do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know the side you are used to is better than the one to come?

Rumi

• Life
• Worry
• Do Not
• Turning
• Upside Down

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• Do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know the side you are used to is better than the one to come?

  

  Rumi
  • Life
  • Worry
  • Do Not