On Love....from Kahlil Gibran...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

The older I get, the more wisdom I see in this man's writings...

This quote spoke to me today:

When love beckons to you, follow him,

Though his ways are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to him,

Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you believe in him,

Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.


Such beautiful words!

What does he say to you?


:grouphug: :loveya: :grouphug:

[KitchenWitch]

1. My favorite quote from Khalil Gibran

“But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear KitchenWitch!

That is also one of my favorites! It's from the section on marriage, IIRC...

Thank you for sharing it today, sweetie.....

:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

2. Says a lot to me...

I can't say more than that.

Thank you Peggy.

:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear BarenakedLady!

I can't improve on it either, sweetie....

You're welcome!

:loveya:

[TOhioLiberal]

5. It speaks to me...

...not sure I want to hear it, yet; or at all.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear TOhioLiberal...

I understand you completely........being where you currently are...

You were in my thoughts today...:hug:

[Debi]

6. From The Prophet

Children


And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."

And he said:

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 your 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.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I put this in a note to my son when he was younger - it's now in a box of his belongings for him to find much later in his life.

:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. My dear Debi!

I love love love that quote from the Children!

I read it before I had any, and it really helped me raise them...

That man had sooo much wisdom...

He was a treasure!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts today, sweetie...

:loveya:

[Debi]

11. Thank YOU for opening the gate CaliforniaPeggy! n/t

[MissMillie]

7. beautiful, yes

but unconvincing.

These beautiful words give no payoff for the investment.... these words merely describe the risk.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear MissMillie...

Indeed, you are correct...

But I couldn't really post the whole thing......

Just the part that touched me today...

I think you might find it really good to read...

It's a slender little volume...well worth having, IMHO!

:hug:

[Dragonbreathp9d]

9. That I need to find a way out of the North wind

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear Dragonbreathp9d!

And good luck with that!

:hi:

[Dragonbreathp9d]

14. Thanks, I could use it

:hi:

Falling for your best friend sucks, no matter who you are or which way you look at it.

[redqueen]

15. Doesn't it though?

:hi:


Thanks for posting this, Peggy... good stuff. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear redqueen!

Ah yes....good stuff indeed!

Kahlil Gibran never gets old!

:hi:

[Dangerously Amused]

17. Love him.

I discovered Gibran many years ago. Named my first cat "Kahlil" in his honor, read "The Prophet" to my father as he lay dying. Maybe it's time to read it again for myself.


Thanks for bringing a nice moment to my day, CP.



:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear Dangerously Amused...

Oh, sweetie....

I was much younger when I first found him as well...

It's never too late to bring him back for yourself, you know...

You're welcome...

:hug:

[hippywife]

18. Ah! A favorite book for many years!

The Children was always my favorite chapter when I was a teenager but I could never get my parents to understand it.

Haven't touched it in a long time. Might be time to pick it up again. Will have to wait until I finish the Tao te Ching and Gandhi's "My Experiments with Truth" which I just picked up today.

Thanx for reminding me, Peggy! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear hippywife!

I'm glad I reminded you of this old favorite!

This is one of those books that never grows old, IMHO....

The chapter on the children influenced how I raised my daughters....


:hug:

[hippywife]

27. They are very lucky girls

to have such a beautiful, sweet, and intelligent mother. :hug:

[SPKrazy]

20. I Love What He Says On Love...

he says that love is worth the pain and so follow love to the ends of the earth...

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear Southpawkicker........

Yes, his writings on love have always resonated with me...

And I suspect they will till the end of my days...

Thanks for coming by today, sweetie...

:hug:

[Inchworm]

23. ouch.. ouch . . ouch

ahhhhh...

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear Inchworm!

Ouch? Times three? And then...ahhhhhhhhh?

You puzzle me, sweetie!



:hi:

[Inchworm]

25. I read it as

Love ain't always peaches and cream, but its worth it.

:shrug:

-stretch- I just woke up from my nap :D

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Ah, thank you!

That makes sense!

Good for you on the nap....I most likely won't get one today!

Too damn much to do!

:hi:

[blondie58]

28. oh, there are so many

I have always liked his stuff and now I realize that I am so overdue on reading his things. One of my favorites is

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”
Kahlil Gibran


Thanks for the reminder, Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear blondie58!

I'm like you...I'll go for months, or years, and then feel the need to look at his words again...

They resonate so much and always!

I love this quote of yours...I haven't seen it before...

But of course, it's right on!

And....you're welcome, sweetie... :hug:

[undeterred]

30. Didn't he write "The Profit"?

I think he was in love with money. :hide:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear undeterred!

He wrote The Prophet!

And you'd better hide!:grr:

I know you're kidding.......it's OK, really!

:hug:

[Inchworm]

32. That is rather funny

I probably have that book in the house somewhere, but I always thought it was some sort of Dianetics stuff so I never opened it :blush:

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