The Prophet

I have a story for you,

A guy had an affair. His wife found out about his wanderings and committed suicide.

She left a letter which read something like,

" I cannot live without you, yet I cannot accept your treason. I am finished, I choose to die"

Life went on for the guy, so much that he got married sometime back just a few months after the trajedy.

I was deeply moved by this story.

May be I am too sentimental but its as if the wife has been hurt twice in this story and is at the end of day the BIG loser (with all due respect to a dead person). This makes me think of what Gibran's Prophet said on marriage. This is to me the guide I follow in my personal married life, its such an inspiration...............

Then Almitra spoke again and said...

"And what of Marriage, master?"

And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

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

Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. 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 of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together. For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow

Cheers

Daryl