recently a learned colleague whoz a connoisseur of fine things sms ed me
a khalil gibran creation.
i loved the thought flow and for the benefit of everyone publishing here.
your children are not your children
they are sons and daughters of life's longing for itself
they came through you but not from you
though theyw are ith you yet they belong not to you
you may give them your love but not your thoughts,
for othey have their wn thoughts
you may house their bodies but not their souls,
for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you can 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
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
feel like reading khalil gibran in full??
srihari
17 aug 2011
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