ACROSS THE MILES

JOY AND SORROW

I have been having mixed emotions , some of joy and some of sorrow. I was thinking to my self how can one feel both these emotions at the same time. I came across this in the book "The Prophet " By Kahlil Gibran and wanted to share it with my friends. the meaning of joy and sorrow.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the same well from which your laughter rises was often times filled with tears
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,
The more joy you can contain
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potters oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit,
The very wood that was hollowed with knives?
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.
And 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.
Some of you say "Joy is greater than sorrow" and others say "Sorrow is greater"
But I say they are inseperable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.