Not about your work...I love it as always but it reminded me of a Kahlil Gibran quote...and I am sure you and all else will like it,
so taking the liberty to quote it here:
Said a philosopher to a street sweeper, "I pity you. Yours is a hard and dirty task."
And the street sweeper said, "Thank you, sir. But tell me what is your task?"
And the philosopher answered saying, "I study man's mind, his deeds and his desires."
Then the street sweeper went on with his sweeping and said with a smile, "I pity you too."
Its a pity that we throw litter on the roads....But, Thanks to nature, its wastes can be recycled,
But looking at it street sweepers need their job too...
Then there's a real story -- I had an English Professor who would sweep the lane right upto the mainroad, putting it in all in the litter-box saying, she can't afford to have a rebirth as a street sweeper....thats Indian Karmic mindset...we, i mean Indians, have it in us, I guess :)
wishes, devika
I have not been commenting, because I love your work, and you know that...But this I thought would be interesting,
I like this one:)
ReplyDeleteHugs
Joo
I remember reading this statement
ReplyDelete: If I can't sweep, with what I've learned, then it wasn't worth learning!...and I love this, lol
Hi Gillena,
ReplyDeleteNot about your work...I love it as always but it reminded me of a Kahlil Gibran quote...and I am sure you and all else will like it,
so taking the liberty to quote it here:
Said a philosopher to a street sweeper, "I pity you. Yours is a hard and dirty task."
And the street sweeper said, "Thank you, sir. But tell me what is your task?"
And the philosopher answered saying, "I study man's mind, his deeds and his desires."
Then the street sweeper went on with his sweeping and said with a smile, "I pity you too."
Its a pity that we throw litter on the roads....But, Thanks to nature, its wastes can be recycled,
But looking at it street sweepers need their job too...
Then there's a real story -- I had an English Professor who would sweep the lane right upto the mainroad, putting it in all in the litter-box saying, she can't afford to have a rebirth as a street sweeper....thats Indian Karmic mindset...we, i mean Indians, have it in us, I guess :)
wishes,
devika
I have not been commenting, because I love your work, and you know that...But this I thought would be interesting,
I like it, too.
ReplyDeleteAnd I liked reading your comment, Devika.
Very basic. Good haiga.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Ralf
Elegant: no wasted motion.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely love this Gillena
ReplyDeletejohn
nice Quote Lorraine; i must remember that
ReplyDeleteDevika Khalil Gibran is one of my favourite poets i first read him in the '70s
Thanks everyone:- joo, Lorraine Devika,Freida, Ralf, Bill, John; happy you visited
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much love
gillena