With every breath the world and we are renewed;
yet within this continuity we are unaware that we are being renewed.
هر نفس نو میشود دنیا و ما
بیخبر از نو شدن اندر بقاHer nefes nev mîşeved dünyâ vü mâ
bî-haber ez nev şoden ender bekâ
Rumi, Masnavi, Book I, the section "Hem der beyân-ı mekr-i harguş", 13th century.
Every moment a death, every moment a birth.
But we do not notice.
Flowing water always looks like the same water to us.
So does the world.
So do we.
Rumi gives a short piece of news:
The breath was renewed.
So were you.
No need to mourn yesterday's person.
He is long gone.
Someone else is reading this line now.