<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=481971" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Children Are Not Possessions</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your children are not your children; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They are the sons and daughters life<br>longing for itself</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They come through you but not from you, <br>Though they are with you they're not possessions</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You may give them your love but not your thoughts, <br>For they have their own thoughts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You may house their bodies but not their souls, <br>For their souls live in the house of tomorrow, <br>Which you cannot visit, even in your dreams</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You may strive to to be like them, <br>But seek not to make them like you<br>For life goes backward and lingers not with yesterday</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are the bows from which your children, <br>As living arrows are cast forth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The archer sees the mark upon the path of the Infinite, <br>And God Himself fills you with His Might that His<br>Arrows may go swift and far</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Kahlil Gibran</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Interpretation by ROTMS) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Read more writings by ROTMS at http: //rotms.blogspot.com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ray+Lucero">Ray Lucero</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=481971" data-title="Children Are Not Possessions de Ray Lucero" data-description="Your children are not your children; They are the sons and daughters life longing for itself They come through you but not from you, Though they are with you they're not possessions You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they..."></div> </div> </div>

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