December 6, 2016
“You want to become a better person?
Just give thanks.
Give thanks for all of it.”Kamand Kojouri
December 6, 2016
“Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don’t undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yourself in the feeling of the water and to emerge anew.”
Kamand Kojouri
December 6, 2016
“To live, to truly live, one must consider each and every thing a blessing.”
Kamand Kojouri
December 6, 2016
“Love without conditions, restrictions, or the expectation of being loved in return.”
Kamand Kojouri
December 6, 2016
“A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, ‘It can’t get any worse!’ You are essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that.”
Kamand Kojouri
I WONDER
December 6, 2016
“I wonder
if you ever read my poems
and wish
they were written
for you.”Kamand Kojouri
WE DON’T FIND GOD
December 6, 2016
“We don’t find God
in temples and cathedrals.
We don’t find Her
by standing on a prayer rug
or sitting in a pew.
God appears when we love
—and we feel Her presence
when we help one another.
Because God is not found
in mosques and synagogues.
She resides in our hearts.”Kamand Kojouri
DIE
December 4, 2016
“Kamand,
die every day
so you remember
to live.”Kamand Kojouri
December 4, 2016
“Kiss your scars. Fall in love with them. They ought to serve as life-affirming reminders—a lingering trace of hope. The only reason we have these scars is because we survived and are still here.”
Kamand Kojouri
December 3, 2016
“Each of us is like all of us and like no one else.”
Kamand Kojouri
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