Had To Share This Beautiful Poem On Children By Khalil Gibran

Masterpiece lines of Khalil Ghibran! Each and every line is a treasure. If this is kept in mind by the parents, many problems can be avoided. I have quoted these lines in many of my speeches, especially when I talked about how to deal with teenagers.

 

Glad to know you have such a wonderful taste for philosopher's poem on children and their parents.
He died young but immortal through his poems that covers entire spectrum of human emotions.
I quote his poem on fear:
Khalil Gibran on Fear:

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

 

Thanks for sharing. What a beautiful,profound and insightful poem.
The soul (jeevathma) fears about death, no knowledge
of after death. But it is on the way of merging with the Divine
(paramathma).

 

Thank you for posting this. The beauty of Khalil Gibran is that, every time you read it, a different portion of the poem resonates more to you, based on where you are in your journey of life.

We could take turns and post different snippets every few days if people are up for it.

 

Gibran on Marriage:

You were born together and together you shall be forevermore.

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.

Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.

But, let there be spaces in your togetherness,

And let the winds of 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.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

Even as the strings of the lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.

For only the hand of life can contain your hearts.

And stand together yet not too near together :

For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.