Magic and Beauty

I have learned silence from the talkative,
tolerance from the intolerant
and kindness from the unkind.
I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.

The appearance of things change according to the emotions,
and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.

You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair.

You pray in your distress and in your need;
would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy
and in your days of abundance.

Kahlil Gibran