Quote of the Day – April 17 2012

“Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give. It is then generosity on their part.”
–Kahlil Gibran

Sometimes we expect so much from one another. We forget that as we have been wounded, others bear wounds also. Perhaps we don’t have them in the same place but of this I am sure. Noone has come through life unscathed. I have learned so much from what others have had to deal with and the courage with which they dealt with it. I have seen single mothers of Kids with severe disabilities working to bring out that extra smile for their child at the end of the day. I have seen survivors of so much pain looking and finding joy and sometimes not. Sometimes we do reach a part of our cycle where we don’t have it to give anymore or to use Gibran’s metaphor when we’re out of fish. We may then, in trying to have the interaction communicate our frustration or our weariness because that is what we have. I have been learning to appreciate honest communication even when it is that of pain. Because once that is gone, healing can happen. Call it a restocking of the river.
Blessings, G

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Lizardart by G A Rosenberg

2 thoughts on “Quote of the Day – April 17 2012”

  1. This wise truth is something I struggle with at times. I forget that to Live, and Let Live, is the most important gift I can give. For it is the gift of absolute Liberty to self and others. The image today is very otherworldly. I like it.

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