Tuesday, June 24, 2008

PAIN


Your pain is breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain
And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life,
your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;
And you would accept the seasons of your heart ,even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.
And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.
Much of your pain is self - chosen.
It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
Therefore trust your physician , and drink his remedy in silence and tranquilty:
For his hand , though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the unseen,And the cup he brings,though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of clay which the potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.

Khalil Gibran

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