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posted August 02, 2009 08:12 AM         

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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

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posted August 02, 2009 02:58 PM         

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Lovely.

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posted August 04, 2009 06:24 PM         

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Oh how lovely! KJ is one of my favourite writers/poets. Which work is this from?

love,
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posted August 06, 2009 02:04 PM         

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I think it's from The Prophet.

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posted August 10, 2009 05:12 PM         

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posted August 10, 2009 05:53 PM         

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posted August 21, 2009 10:41 AM         

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LOVE IT!!!!!

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posted November 04, 2009 08:54 PM         

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*bump*

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posted November 05, 2009 12:56 AM         

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posted January 08, 2010 06:27 AM         

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Khalil is one of my favorites too.

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