tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post7159910414224800156..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: The weekly bon motFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-79677343355559913552009-10-26T17:48:03.445+00:002009-10-26T17:48:03.445+00:00Ah, yes, I recognise this from a few weddings I...Ah, yes, I recognise this from a few weddings I've been to. Gibran is often mocked as being a bit cheesy in parts, but there is a lot of very, very good stuff in there.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-55137395279797925602009-10-26T09:45:04.904+00:002009-10-26T09:45:04.904+00:00Reminds me a little of Kahlil Gibran's The Pro...Reminds me a little of Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet when Almustafa speaks of marriage: <br /><br />You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.<br /><br />You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.<br /><br />Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.<br /><br />But let there be spaces in your togetherness,<br /><br />And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.<br /><br />Love one another but make not a bond of love:<br /><br />Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.<br /><br />Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.<br /><br />Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.<br /><br />Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,<br /><br />Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.<br /><br />Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.<br /><br />For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.<br /><br />And stand together, yet not too near together:<br /><br />For the pillars of the temple stand apart,<br /><br />And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.stuarthttp://foundinchina.com/noreply@blogger.com