Oh, I love Khalil Gibran. I carried a little book around with me for ever so long.
I love the one about children too... it means a lot to me at this moment in time.
Quote:
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."
And he said:
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.
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etc., etc., etc.,
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/13488-Kha...ren-Chapter-IV
Speaking of mountains... You know that old saying about making it to the top of the mountain? Well, I figure once we think you've reached the top of the mountain we need to keep climbing... not go down the other side.
Alone alone across the sea,
Alone forever I shall be ~ Lara circa '99