Kibran on ‘love’
Sep 26th, 2008 by spaceagesage
I’ll be away from the computer a few days, but wanted to leave you with this from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, On Love:
If you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.—-
Do these words resonate with you, dear readers?
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Photo credit: speech path girl
It’s beautiful. It’s not exactly the way I live my life – I could certainly use more gratitude, relaxation and calm. But I love it. It’s inspiring.
Simply beautiful, Lori! My favorite lines are
“To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;”
Enjoy your time away from the computer. Hope it’s for something fun! We’ll be here when you return.
Beautiful! “To know the pain of too much tenderness,” resonated with me. Speech Path Girl sure has some gorgeous photography!
I love that passage, Kahlil Gibran was an incredible poet. I especially like this idea: “to melt and be like a running brook”.
Love Kahil Gibran. Such a beautiful wordsmith. I particularly like this line:
“And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.”
A good one to remember when you’re a wife and a mom. Everyone benefits from some praise an you holding them in your heart.
Kelly
Hi SpaceAgeSage – These are beautiful words and the photo you chose, is perfect.
Hi,Vered –
Kibran has a wonderfully poetic way of putting things.
Hi, Linda —
Thanks for the well wishes, and yes, the time away was great!
Hi, Davina —
Speech Path Girl used to fear using a camera, but her ADD allows her to see things most people miss.
Hi, Marelisa —
Gibran’s words almost sing, don’t they?
Hi, Kelly –
I have found praise to be some powerful medicine!
Hi, Barbara —
Thanks for the encouraging words. There’s something about poet who understands love this deeply, especially a guy from earier times!
The words are really beautiful; although I detect some melancholy in them. I like the way the poem ended in an uplift. The picture that you posted along with the poem is awesome!
I never really ‘got’ quotes about love before finding the Lion. But, yes, that poem definitely resonates with me now. I wake up, roll into his arms and snuggle for 10 minutes every morning, by noon I’m missing him, I start to smile as I am approaching his work to pick him up at the end of the day, and I end the day the same way I began it, snuggled up in his arms. Sigh.
See you when you are back to your computer!
Hi, Evelyn —
I think love can flow to the melancholy because it touches the deepest parts of us.
I’ll have to let my friend know everyone likes her photo!
Hi, Urban Panther —
I’m so glad you found the Lion to share life with! Snuggle times are wonderful, aren’t they?
I’m back at the computer today after a trip to the mountains.