Joy and Sorrow

"Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."

And he answered: 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."

- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
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i have no idea how many times have I said this but sadly, I don't have that much time reading nowadays like I used to before. Long were the days of me engrossing into books, stucking my nose until 4 in the morning totally drowned in my own world.

I'm reading Kahlil Gibran now.

Those days, I could finish a book like that in just a day. But that's not the case this time around.

Sometimes I missed that feeling. Being lost in the stories of the parallel world, somewhere only mind can take you to. Only the imageries between the lines. Only the fantasies in your head. The characters only you know. How the imaginations of someone else's being interpreted and recreated in your head. That feeling of attachment..

I miss it.

I wish I have all the time in the world drowning myself in my own fantasies.

Cause it looks better that way.

Let the time decides... We'll see if my fantasies will be just mere fantasies.