{"id":916,"date":"2008-02-04T09:30:01","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2011\/05\/kahlil-gibran-on-joy-and-sorro.html"},"modified":"2011-07-01T10:29:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T14:29:26","slug":"kahlil-gibran-on-joy-and-sorro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2008\/02\/kahlil-gibran-on-joy-and-sorro.html","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday: Kahlil Gibran On Joy and Sorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is one of my guardian angel’s favorite passages, from <\/em>Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet.”<\/em><\/a> I think it reads much like the Beatitudes. <\/em><\/p>\n

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.<\/p>\n

And how else can it be?<\/p>\n

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.<\/p>\n

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?<\/p>\n

And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?<\/p>\n

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.<\/p>\n

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.<\/p>\n

Some of you say, “Joy is greater thar sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”<\/p>\n

But I say unto you, they are inseparable.<\/p>\n

Together they come, and when one sits, alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.<\/p>\n

Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.<\/p>\n

Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.<\/p>\n

When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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