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sorry if I sound ignorant but who is Kahlil Gibran? I've never heard of him before

He was a Lebanese-born author, philosopher and artist. He was in his late 40s when he died in 1931

thank you Joy - now I know!!!

Ann X

You're welcome, Ann. I would recommend his book called The Prophet.

"You pray in your distress and in your need. Would that you might pray also in the fulness of your joy and in your days of abundance"

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair"

Happy days

Thank you, Harry, especially for the first one, I had forgotten it.

Oh how wonderful. I must look for my book. I remember the one about marriage being like two pillars, apart but with one purpose. Can anyone quote that?

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.




Sorry, Daisy Chain, I could not find it - hopefully, someone else will do so.

... just because I like his words.

"And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. "
Kahlil Gibran

xx

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were."

"Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. "

Kahlil Gibran

“Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.”

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

“…You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot
unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death,
open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires
lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity…

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides,
that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance…”

Thanks for adding that Joy :))

Rose xxx

nice re-reading this thread - I see the lovely Harry posted on here - didn't we lose Harry?

Ann X

God bless you both, Joy and Ann. i do look in from time to time, but rarely post.

"Life without love is like a tree without blossom and fruit. And love without beauty, is like flowers without scent ; and fruits without seeds.
Life: love; and beauty are three persons in one, who cannot be separated or changed.
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In the dark of night, we call one another. The brother calls his brother; the mother her daughter; the man his wife; and the lover his beloved.
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May everyone who has enough beauty within to read through Joy's thread, have an enchanted Christmas and New Year.

Happy days

how lovely Harry and so good to see you again!!!

May your Christmas be Happy and your New Year be full of lovely surprises!!!

Ann XX

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Thank you :-)