Just a Thought!

Posted on June 18, 2016 by
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind;
yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
~Kahlil Gibran.
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Retired! Enjoying the Autumn days of my life. A Joy to do nothing and then rest afterwards.
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4 Responses to Just a Thought!

  1. Nandita says:
    June 18, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    “People talking without speaking
    People hearing without listening”
    Something like that! ❤

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    • Bushka says:
      June 18, 2016 at 12:56 pm

      Might well be…though, I suspect Gibran wants to emphasise the need to learn to be silent, tolerant or kind from our own experience of their opposites…..By no means easy… 😉

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  2. Hutts Blogging World says:
    June 18, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    They wouldn’t be great advisers now,would they? Nice image.

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