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Topic: On Children - Kahlil Gibran
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T
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posted August 02, 2009 08:14 AM
 
this came up in conversation recently:On Children
Kahlil Gibran Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable. 
Marianna, Kahlil's Sister. Painting by Kahlil Gibran IP: Logged |
SunChild
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posted August 06, 2009 12:55 AM
One of my favorites!!! Thankyou T.  This was read to me when I had my baby. I remember how I felt and understood it so well. I think absorbing it has made me a better mother. IP: Logged |
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posted August 06, 2009 10:56 AM
wonderful!IP: Logged |
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posted August 06, 2009 01:59 PM
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posted August 06, 2009 03:36 PM
hey t, is your brother home with you now? i was just thinking about you.  IP: Logged |
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posted August 07, 2009 11:52 PM
Yes, he is!!! IP: Logged |
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posted September 05, 2009 07:24 AM
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posted September 05, 2009 05:04 PM
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posted September 05, 2009 09:17 PM
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You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
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posted September 22, 2009 05:57 PM
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posted September 27, 2009 03:05 PM
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