When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
-Kahlil Gibran
Peace and Love
2006-08-16 05:43:12 · 7 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I like Gibran. Some of his writings are genius.
Two favorites of mine are
"For what is it to die, but to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?"
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."
2006-08-16 05:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a tough one to understand, but the message does seem to be similar to something said in my favorite book "The Count of Monte Cristo." The main character told a protege of his that the only way to experience true and complete joy is to first experience true and complete sorrow so that you have something to compare your joy to so that you realize just what it is you have (no quotes because I paraphrased).
There is also a similar idea expressed in the complexity theory. It said that the main problem with science today is that no one does any real work themselves. The scientists of today take what is already done and expand on it, but don't do the work to get it themselves and so they don't appreciate what it is they are doing. They don't realize all the consequences of what they are doing because they didn't have to do the work and often what they do is cause problems that they themselves didn't foresee because they didn't work for their success, but garnered it from the work of others.
This quote seems to be similar to both ideas. It isn't so much uplifting (though you could see it like that) as much as it is to remind us that we must suffer to have joy, sadness to have happiness, anger to have satisfaction. So it is something to learn from.
2006-08-16 12:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting...
Without joy you cannot have sadness and without sadness you cannot appreciate joy. Doesn't make me feel any better about anything but it makes sense in a semi-profound way.
2006-08-16 12:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
I understand joy if I understand sorrow.
I understand sorrow if I understand joy.
thx for the quote.
2006-08-16 13:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by tania_la_nina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL QUOTE, THANKS..HAVE A BLESSED DAY...GOD BLESS.
2006-08-16 12:57:01 · answer #5 · answered by justmenothinelse 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, as it makes no sense to me.
2006-08-16 12:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry but it's just not doing anything for me.
2006-08-16 12:48:51 · answer #7 · answered by ParaUnNormal 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋