Seek the Essence

Little by little God takes beauty away. 

Little by little life's luster decays. 

Listen to the passage, "To whom We grant a long life, those We cause to decline." [Quran]

Seek the essence and not the structure. 

The beauty of heart shall forever abide, for it is enriched with the water of life.

-Maulana Jalal-uddin Rumi -may Allah be pleased with him