I am taking a personal development class this semester. We are reading Scott Peck's book
"The Road Less Traveled." Today in class we came across his section titled "Love Is Separateness." This section (see below) is not by the author but by Kahlil Gibran It is something that really struck accord with me today. Just thought I would share it with you because I am so bad at blogging! There is a good chance that it may mean nothing to you but it had some relevance to me today!.
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 others 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 others shadow.*
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Lots of couples choose this for a reading at their wedding. It kinda enhances that "don't blow out your candle after you light the unity candle" thing. (The quotes are mine, I guess. I say it every time.)
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