The Prophet: 6 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 6
Children are their own
Gibran writes that children come through parents but do not belong to them.
Give them love, not your thoughts; they are arrows sent forward into a future you cannot visit.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
Love with space between
In a good marriage, Gibran says, stand together but not too close, like the pillars of a temple.
Closeness needs room for each person to grow.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
Work is love made visible
Work done with care is a way of expressing love for others.
Even ordinary tasks become meaningful when they are done wholeheartedly.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Joy and sorrow share a cup
The deeper sorrow carves into you, the more joy you can hold.
The two are not opposites but companions that take turns.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Giving yourself
Gifts of possessions are small, Gibran says.
You truly give when you give of yourself: your time, attention and care.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Pain breaks the shell
Pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses understanding.
Accepting it, rather than fighting it, lets growth happen.
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