On children by Kahlil Gibran
Recommended by Heather Kilpatrick
As my own kid makes his own way through this world, it can be a struggle for me to remember that he has to be free to be himself. “They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.” And “You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts.”
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@pbergs
Love this. Was read at my high school graduation many moons ago and it really imprinted.
@haley___james
I fell in love with The Prophet a little over ten years ago (27, in a loud season of finding my own voice/self-expression, getting my first tattoo and a septum piercing in the same week, Saturn-return stereotype, if you will). I met my mom for coffee in this period and I read this passage to her and we cried together. It really is so beautiful. And offers a much-needed reminder that the parent, too, is singularly (apart from their children) significant, and on their own path.
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