tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post113890300365110846..comments2024-03-25T03:20:57.659-04:00Comments on My Daily Struggles: Saved by StraussMy Daily Struggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12785498459884222234noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-1162658672977898972006-11-04T11:44:00.000-05:002006-11-04T11:44:00.000-05:00Gibran: the prophet on Love: Then said Almitra, "S...Gibran: the prophet on Love: <BR/>Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."<BR/><BR/>And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:<BR/><BR/>When love beckons to you follow him,<BR/><BR/>Though his ways are hard and steep.<BR/><BR/>And when his wings enfold you yield to him,<BR/><BR/>Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him,<BR/><BR/>Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.<BR/><BR/>For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.<BR/><BR/>Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,<BR/><BR/>So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.<BR/><BR/>He threshes you to make you naked.<BR/><BR/>He sifts you to free you from your husks.<BR/><BR/>He grinds you to whiteness.<BR/><BR/>He kneads you until you are pliant;<BR/><BR/>And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.<BR/><BR/>All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.<BR/><BR/>But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,<BR/><BR/>Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,<BR/><BR/>Into the season less world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.<BR/><BR/>Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.<BR/><BR/>Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God."<BR/><BR/>And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.<BR/><BR/>Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.<BR/><BR/>But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:<BR/><BR/>To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.<BR/><BR/>To know the pain of too much tenderness.<BR/><BR/>To be wounded by your own understanding of love;<BR/><BR/>And to bleed willingly and joyfully.<BR/><BR/>To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;<BR/><BR/>To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;<BR/><BR/>To return home at eventide with gratitude;<BR/><BR/>And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-1139089498878713222006-02-04T16:44:00.000-05:002006-02-04T16:44:00.000-05:00GaryHappily you will find many beautiful things du...Gary<BR/><BR/>Happily you will find many beautiful things during our litle staying here. Life will make you to appreciate wat you do, such sharing your excellent writing with all of us.Desambientadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289524233541304699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19360670.post-1138977462858551272006-02-03T09:37:00.000-05:002006-02-03T09:37:00.000-05:00gary -- dont know if you've discovered this yet: h...gary -- <BR/><BR/>dont know if you've discovered this yet: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ <BR/><BR/>hopefully you'll find one sharing similar sentiments...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com