HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOPIC.37

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Again from the wonderful book The Prophet, this time a poem on teaching, enjoy! 

On Teaching
 Kahlil Gibran

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.

If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding.

The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm nor the voice that echoes it.

And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you thither.

For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.

And even as each one of you stands alone in God’s knowledge, so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and in his understanding of the earth.

TO THE READER:

What is your understanding of this poem?  Please share your comments with other readers, thank you so much!

 

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You have asked many times for a simple solution to fixing the school system… This has to be it….
.-= Cecelia Gay´s last blog ..From Across the Room =-.

 

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