“All this waiting.
Waiting for the rain to
stop. Waiting in traffic.
Waiting for the bill.
Waiting at the airport
for an old friend.
Waiting to depart.
Then,
there’s the big waiting:
waiting to grow up. Waiting
for love. Waiting to show your
your parents that when you
have kids you’ll be different.
Waiting to retire. Waiting for
death.
Why do we think waiting
is the antithesis of life
when it is almost
all of it?”Kamand Kojouri
“Remember: all the thoughts you have of yourself and others are written on your face. Make them kind.”
Kamand Kojouri
“You want to become a better person?
Just give thanks.
Give thanks for all of it.”Kamand Kojouri
“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
“To live, to truly live, one must consider each and every thing a blessing.”
Kamand Kojouri
“Love without conditions, restrictions, or the expectation of being loved in return.”
Kamand Kojouri
“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
if you ever read my poems
and wish
they were written
for you.”Kamand Kojouri
“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
“Kamand,
die every day
so you remember
to live.”Kamand Kojouri
Kamand Kojouri 