http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/mevlana-rumi-envy en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;On the way there is no harder pass than this: </em></p><p align="center"><em>fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Mevlana Rumi, 13th century sufi poet and mystic</p><p align="center">from <em>Rumi Daylight: A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance</em></p><p>Rumi adds, <em>&quot;Indeed envy is a defect; worse than any other.&rdquo;</em></p><p>Let&rsquo;s stop worrying about what other people are up to and remember that <em>&quot;The race is long and in the end, it is only with yourself.&quot;</em></p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:18 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:358:358 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/358