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this is an excellent idea
Your suggestion to reread the poem from the new perspective is very powerful. Most people will still, of course, plant their feet and say it's "different" because we're "Americans" and "Christians" and therefore the logical conclusion to that line of thinking: we're "RIGHT." As you say in your post above this, we are just yelling at one another, shouting the same things, and not listening to a word anyone else has to say.
Makes you want to grab people by the shoulders and give 'em a good, hard shake to try and wake them up or burst them out of their little miopic universes!
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WonkyWordsMistress
on August 4, 2003 at 7:22 AM
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Comment to Grandma from Pewee on Gibran, "The Prophet"
At least I know someone must have been reading my blogs, because my mentioning Gibran helped you to remember how beautiful and instructional his writings were.
Of course, Gibran has more than that one book, as you probably know by now. I have several other Gibran books, but I think most people quote from "The Prophet." His writing "On Children." A portion of that writing helped me to understand my relationship with an errant daughter after I had just about given up on what to do about her in an attempt to change her to see things my way. For the benefit of those who do not have the publication, I will excerpt a small portion:
"And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
And he
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Pewee
on July 27, 2003 at 4:24 PM
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I'm not scared
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desertsong
on July 27, 2003 at 10:27 AM
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Desertsong, yes, another similarity. Scary, no?
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benzinha
on July 26, 2003 at 11:49 PM
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Goodness, desertsong, I just finished blogging and you're still awake and reading.
I am up because this old lady took her terrible cold to bed for a bitty wee nap and just woke up, five hours later, feeling a little better.
I had wanted to write about Gibran's writing, or about books that I read and this one was driving me crazy this week. The way we all see each other as the depraved ones, you depraved, me angelic.
My Uncle Charlie, the Sufi, sends me books to read.
No wonder nations have wars. We never talk to each other.
Thanks for you encouragement.
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benzinha
on July 26, 2003 at 11:44 PM
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Another similarity
I love Gibran! His book "The Prophet" is one of my favorites!!! I think you should be glad if you cause people to think, even if they don't like what you say though. Because someone will listen and it could change them to have heard you. I love your posts, please don't stop!
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desertsong
on July 26, 2003 at 11:26 PM
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