"Children" by Khalil Gibran

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I have saved this beautiful  article by Khalil Gibran  for years and found it very true.

"Children" by Khalil Gibran

"And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, 'Speak to us of Children.'
And he said:
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."

26/11/2014

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One of those days!

15-11-2004

I could not believe it is almost 10pm now. Have been sitting in front of the laptop and the sewing machine since 7 in the morning except the one hour break to cook my lunch!

So proud of myself, I did 8 pcs of Log cabin and another 8 about to finish but I will call it quit.
Surprisingly my back does not hurt at all but my stomach is growling now.

Bye and goodnight.