Heartbreak

" How should a friend turn aside from the pain inflicted by his friend?.. a friend is like gold, tribulation is like the fire: the pure gold is glad in the heart of the fire....
From Thy magnificent hand I have eaten so much that I am bent double with shame...If I make an outcry and complaint, because of one bitter thing, may the dust of a hundred roads fall upon me.
By love, bitter things become sweet; by love pieces of copper become gold;
By love, dregs become  clear; by love pain becomes healing;
By love the dead is made living."

Rumi (Vol. 2 from 1459-1461, 1524-1530)

In Memorium: Dr. Peter Levine, who died Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009