Work in the invisible

Something from Rumi's (1207-1273) Masnavi, Book III, lines 3077-3109 and one other segment, in somewhat loose translation as always. 
For everyone who fights for hope.

Two Face : David Sanford

The prophets

have wondered to themselves,
"How long

should we keep pounding 
this cold iron?
How long

do we have to whisper 
into an empty cage?"

So don't be timid.
Load the ship and set out.
No one knows for certain

whether the vessel will sink
or reach the harbor.

Just don't 
be one of those merchants

who won't risk the ocean!
This is much more important

than losing or making money!

This is your connection to God.
You must set fire to have light.

Think of the fear and the hope

you have about your livelihood.
They make you go to work

diligently each day.

Now consider what

the prophets have done.

Abraham wore fire

for an anklet.
Moses spoke to the sea.
David molded iron.
Solomon rode the wind.

Work in the invisible world
at least as hard

as you do in the visible.

Be companions 

with the prophets
invisibly,

so that no one knows.

You can't imagine 

what profit will come!

When one of those generous ones

invites you into his fire,

go quickly!

Don't say,

"But will it burn me?
Will it hurt?"

Rise!

Move around the center

as pilgrims wind the Kaaba.

Being still

is how one clay clod

sticks to another in sleep,

while movement wakes us up

and unlocks

new blessings.