12. On Crime & Punishment, The Prophet By Khalil Gibran

"Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, Speak to us of Crime and Punishment."
"And he answered, saying: ....so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also. And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree."

“The Prophet,” a collection of twenty-six prose poems, delivered as sermons by a fictional wise man in a faraway time and place. First published in 1923, it is full of timeless wisdom. I've separated each poem in order to practice Deep Listening for the wisdom in each verse. I hope you enjoy each word.