Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
— Rumi
Rumi's wisdom invites us past the saccharine notion that everything happens for a reason. The harder truth beneath it is that gratitude becomes possible only when we stop sorting people into categories of "meant to be" versus "mistakes"—when we treat the difficult colleague or estranged relative with the same curiosity we'd offer a messenger. It's the difference between passive acceptance and active interpretation: you're not grateful because someone was *sent*, but because you choose to receive them as a teacher, which transforms even a betrayal into knowledge you needed.
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