Drowned to Life: Losing Hope is Gaining Freedom

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Losing Hope is Gaining Freedom

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: With that combination...liquor and biking...you could gain freedom.....freedom from life...in a box, six feet under the ground; 11:12 PM
GracelessFawn said...: I have no death wish, and I haven't lost my mind either. I don't drink and ride my bike at the same time, well not always. If I do, my alcohol content is always on the legal side of things. I value my life. Life may get shitty and crazy at times, but I'm still alive.
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Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.

And how else can it be?

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Is not the cup that hold your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's 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.

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, "Nay, sorrow is the greater."

But I say unto you, they are inseparable.

Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.

Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.

Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.

When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.

- Khalil Gibran

Ivy; 12:41 AM
Anonymous said...: Again you said...i dont drink and drive my bike at the same time, well not always...then that means sometimes you do drink and drive....; 2:38 AM

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