cinta...universal

آیا بین آنها کسی هست که شادی مارا در اندوهمان و اندوه مارا در شادی هایمان درک نماید؟

I never seem to be in the right frame of mind to truly enjoy the words of Gibran. Or maybe I'm just not a fan, no matter the beauty of some of his words.

Anyway, I find it hard when someone links the concept of God to the concept of love.

I know that religious people think God is love and, therefore love is pure, but linking one to another feels like restricting the very definition of love.

Shouldn't love be something beyond everything else that matters to the human being - creed, beliefs, earthly possessions, even blood?

Not to speak of the fact that my God, or the people who supposedly represent Him, may not see as legitimate the love my brother feels.

It's a sad world this one where anything is used as a way to subjugate others.

This is a lovely book of letters. The only thing that would make it better is if it had the responding letters from May Ziadah, however, it's Gibran and, therefore, beautifully written and absolutely worth reading. I wish people still wrote letters like this.