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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“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”

“To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.”

“March is the month of expectation, the things we do not know”

 “For attractive lips, speak words of kindness…

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. (Pele)

“Home is the place, where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”  

The Secret of Your Future is Hidden in Your Daily Routine” 

When you meet me, you think I’m quiet. When you talk to me, you wish I was quiet. When you know me, you get scared when I’m quiet.

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