Some years ago I was involved in what I think would best be called a social experiment that we called "Tribe". We would rotate the leadership for our meetings which would take place four times a year and last for the weekend. During one of my leadership weekends I brought a book of Rumi with me to read from throughout the weekend. During that weekend I discovered the following:
The Lame Goat
You've seen a herd of goats
going down to the water.
The lame and dreamy goat
brings up the rear.
There are worried faces about that one,
but now they're laughing.
because look, as they return,
that goat is leading!
There are many different kinds of knowing.
The lame goat's kind is a branch
that traces back to the roots of presence.
Learn from the lame goat,
and lead the herd home.
--Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)
(translated by Coleman Barks)
No comments:
Post a Comment