Brothers

Brothers

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
(Poetry by Kahlil Gibran)


E una donna che reggeva un bambino al seno disse:
Parlaci dei Figli.
E lui disse:
I vostri figli non sono figli vostri.
Sono figli e figlie della sete che la vita ha di sé stessa.
Essi vengono attraverso di voi, ma non da voi,
e benché vivano con voi non vi appartengono.
Potete donare loro amore ma non i vostri pensieri:
essi hanno i loro pensieri.
Potete offrire rifugio ai loro corpi ma non alle loro anime:
esse abitano la casa del domani,
che non vi sarà concesso visitare neppure in sogno.
Potete tentare di essere simili a loro, ma non farli simili a voi:
la vita procede e non s'attarda sul passato.
Voi siete gli archi da cui i figli,
come frecce vive, sono scoccate in avanti.
L'Arciere vede il bersaglio sul sentiero dell'infinito,
e vi tende con forza affinché le sue frecce vadano rapide e lontane.
Affidatevi con gioia alla mano dell'Arciere;
poiché come ama il volo della freccia così ama la fermezza dell'arco.
(Poesia di Kahlil Gibran)

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Piazza dei Miracoli

Piazza dei Miracoli

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25 Aprile 1945

25 Aprile 1945

Shot taken in Piazza dei Miracoli (Pisa) during the celebration for 25th of April (Anniversary of liberation of Italy from Fascism by allied troops).

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Una bella giornata insieme...

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