Kahlil Gibran: On Time

Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, had waited 12 years in the city of Orphalese for a ship to return and take him back to his isle of birth. Finally, it comes. In the bitter-sweet moments before his departure, the people of the city ask him to speak on issues of life. An astronomer said, "Master, what of time?"

Transcript

Time,

From the Prophet,

By Khalil Gibran You would measure time,

The measureless and the immeasurable.

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

Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch it flowing.

Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.

Who among you does not feel that his power to love is boundless?

And yet who does not feel that very love,

Though boundless,

Encompassed within the center of his being and moving not from love thought to love thought,

Nor from love deeds to other love deeds?

And is not time,

Even as love is,

Undivided and paceless?

What if in your thought you must measure time into seasons?

Let each season encircle all the other seasons.

And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.

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Thank you for this potent, and inspiring passage. It is moving, and such a remembering of what truth that flows through us. This is one of my favorite teachers, and one of my favorite passages 💕 just beautiful 🌅

Love Gibran and his wisdom. You do a beautiful job reciting his work, thank you.

I have the book the prophet and for some reason I don’t Re the On Time peice! Beautifully read ! Time to revisit the book! Ty! 💜