Towards the Future

"What devise can our mental perceptions employ, I wonder, against the ebb and flow of the trackless sea?
It is like the King's highway--travelers departing and arriving, one going in this direction, another in that direction.
Consider well! We, though apparently standing still, are really marching: don't you see we are bound for a new place?
You do not earn and spend your capital for any present need; No, you keep it for your ultimate purposes.
The traveler then, O devotee of the Way, is the one whose march and face are turned toward the future."

Rumi (Vol.6, 2770-2779)

Commentary: Our spiritual work has all been put in a high-yield savings account. We are poor now, but someday we may have resources beyond our imagining.