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 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.

Thank you Inda for sharing this wisdom.

Love,
Sue

Thank you Inda for posting the wise words of Kahlil Gibran.

Love,
vicky

Thank you Inda.

Kahlil Gibran is one of my favourite authors.
I absolutely love "The Prophet."
I have read this book many times from cover to cover.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Thank you so much dearestestest Inda! Beautiful words.

Love and LIGHT BEING, Teo

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Originally posted by dear Vicky2:
Thank you Inda for posting the wise words of Kahlil Gibran.

Love,
vicky

This is very beautiful and very enlightening.
Thank you Inda for this post.

Love,
yoko

Inda you posted here superb lines by Kahlil Gibran.These lines makes us realize the importance of children in our life.

Thank you for your reply Alex.
I am glad that you like Kahlil Gibran's writing .

Inda