#literature
#books
Half a Life.
by Kahlil Gibran.
“Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death.
If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
Do not silence yourself to say something
And do not speak to be silent…
If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution.
Do not believe half truths.
Do not dream half a dream.
Do not fantasize about half hopes.
Half a drink will not quench your thirst.
Half a meal will not satiate your hunger.
Half the way will get you no where.
Half an idea will bear you no results.
Your other half is not the one you love.
It is you in another time yet in the same space. It is you when you are not.
Half a life is a life you didn’t live,
A word you have not said.
A smile you postponed.
A love you have not had.
A friendship you did not know.
To reach and not arrive.Work and not work. Attend only to be absent.
What makes you a stranger to them closest to you and they strangers to you.
The half is a mere moment of inability
but you are able for you are not half a being.
You are a whole that exists to live a life
not half a life..”
