Children of
Gibran And a woman carrying a baby her bosom said, Speak to us of
Figli.E he said
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for life.
They come through you but not for you.
And although 'they are with you they do not belong to you.
You can give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
you can store their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell
homes of tomorrow, you can not visit, not even in dreams.
can be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
As life goes on and does not stop yesterday.
You are the bows of your children are living arrows body away.
The archer sees the mark on the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with force if its appearance
arrows may go swift and far.
Bend in the hands of the arch with joy: As
as he loves the arrow that flies,
He so loves the balance of the arc
[from "The Prophet" by Gibran Kalil Gibran
