# Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the ... | Rumi Quote

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> Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

## What This Quote Means

Personal growth requires the willingness to be uncomfortable and the patience to trust the process.

## About Rumi

Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose works on love and spirituality transcend cultural boundaries.

Rumi (1207-1273) was a scholar and theologian transformed by mystical experience into one of the greatest poets of all time.

## How to Apply This Wisdom

### Embrace discomfort

Seek out one growth opportunity that stretches your comfort zone.

### Feedback welcome

Ask for honest feedback and receive it with gratitude.

### Daily learning

Commit to learning something new every single day.

## Reflection Questions

- In what area of my life am I most stagnant?

- What uncomfortable truth about myself do I need to face?

- What would my best self look like one year from now?

## More Quotes by Rumi

> The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

> What you seek is seeking you.

> Don''t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

> Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

> You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?