Sufi lodge in Morocco (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Be with those who help your being.
Don’t sit with indifferent people;
whose breath comes cold out of their mouths.
Not these visible forms, your work is deeper…
Leaves get yellow.
The tree puts out fresh roots and makes them green.
Why are you so content with a love that turns you yellow?
— Rumi
While traveling through Morocco a few weeks ago, I was drawn–from a distance–to this Sufi lodge of the Tijani Sufi Order by its bright yellow color–and the Arabic inscribed high above the door…
