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.

— Kahlil Gibran

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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

“Show your anger when needed. People need to know what irritates you and what doesn’t. But, crucially, remain internally calm. Your anger is only a tool. Don’t become its puppet.”

“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen you may learn something new.”

“Sometimes life doesn’t give you what you want, not because you don’t deserve it, but because you deserve so much more.” 

“You only live one but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”

A dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is something that does not let you sleep.

“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.”

“They are not your friend unless they have defended you in your absence.”

 “For attractive lips, speak words of kindness…

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