You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the 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 a 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.
Kahlil Gibran – On Marriage
Wonderful expression on marriage. Very true. 🙂
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Glad you liked it. Thank you.
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Excellent selection!
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Thanks John.
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I always enjoy reading what you post with your photography.
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Me too. 🙂 Thanks.
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Beautiful. Perfect for upcoming Valentine’s Day.
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Thanks Laura. For perfect it needs chocolate. 🙂
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yum!
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A wonderful post. Hugs, Barbara
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Thanks for the reblog and wonderful compliment Barbara. *Hugs*
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Beautiful photo and inspirational words. I have a poem that was inspired by and written in response to Gibran’s poem on Friendship. Maybe I’ll post it this week. Thanks for the inspirational post.
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You’re welcome and thank you. I’ll look forward to your poem.
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I like this 🙂
Thank you for sharing it with us
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Thanks, it’s good to see Lady Blue Rose. 🙂
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and Thank you, your kindness is a nice surprise coming in from my walk 🙂 …
I was thinking I needed to repot a miniature orange tree as I walked up the ramp, but I needed to come inside and write about the sounds of Sunday morning I heard LOLs..and yes this was nice Thank you again 🙂
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You’re most welcome and good luck with repotting the orange tree. 🙂
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Although I’m not married yet, the poem is so true. 🙂 The photo was absolutely stunning, especially the part where you intensify the sunshine! Loved it!!! ❤
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Thank you for the nice compliment Khloe. 🙂
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Well you deserved it 😉
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🙂
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beautiful and spot on –
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Thanks Beth. 🙂
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‘Let the winds of heaven dance between you’ that’s spectacular
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I agree, thanks. 🙂
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Lovely, couldn’t agree more…but of course Kahlil Gibran had a way of looking at matters in a logical way.
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Gibran’s one of my favorites. 🙂
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mine too!
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