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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.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself…

…And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

You would know the secret of death.

But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?

The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day…

When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God…”

…is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless?

But if in you thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons…

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less …

Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”

But I say unto you, they are inseparable.

Together they come, and when one sits alone with…

You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable.

You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and…

He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

And he is your board and your fireside.

For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for…

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.

Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God…

Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of…