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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“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”
To the world, you are a mother, to your family you are the world.
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.
“Instead of complaining about your circumstances, get busy and create some new ones.”
Easy is to judge the mistakes of others. Difficult is to realize your own mistakes.
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
“We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.”
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.
“To me, beauty is natural beauty. If you’re naturally yourself, you’re beautiful.”
“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen you may learn something new.”
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