#one of my favourites

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                                  A TEAR AND A SMILE


    I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
   For the joys of the multitude.
   And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
  To flow from my every part turn into laughter.

   I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.

   A tear to purify my heart and give me understanding
  Of life's secrets and hidden things.
  A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind and
  To be a symbol of my glorification of the gods.

    A tear to unite me with those of broken heart;
   A smile to be a sign of my joy in existence.

 I would rather that I died in yearning and longing than that I live Weary and 
  despairing.

  I want the hunger for love and beauty to be in the
 Depths of my spirit, for I, have seen those who are
 Satisfied the most wretched of people.
 I have heard the sigh of those in yearning and Longing, and it is sweeter than
  the sweetest melody.

   With evening's coming the flower folds her petals
   And sleeps, embracing her longing.
   At morning's approach, she opens her lips to meet
   The sun's kiss.

    The life of a flower is longing and fulfillment.
   A tear and a smile.

   The waters of the sea become vapor and rise and come
   Together and are a cloud.

   And the cloud floats above the hills and valleys
  Until it meets the gentle breeze, then falls weeping
  To the fields and joins with brooks and rivers to Return to the sea, its home.

   The life of clouds is a parting and a meeting.
   A tear and a smile.

    And so does the spirit become separated from
   The greater spirit to move in the world of matter
   And pass as a cloud over the mountain of sorrow
   And the plains of joy to meet the breeze of death
   And return whence it came.

 To the ocean of Love and Beauty----to God.
                                                  
                                                        -KAHLIL GIBRAN
                                                   

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