from "The Garden of the Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran

"To be is to be a weaver with seeing fingers, a builder mindful of the light and space; to be a ploughman and feel that you are hiding a treasure with every seed you sow; to be a fisherman and a hunter with a pity for the fish and for the beast, yet a still greater pity for the hunger and need of man.

"And above all, I say this: I would have you each and every one partners to the purpose of every man, for only so shall you hope to obtain your own good purpose.

"My comrades and my beloved, be bold and not meek; be spacious and not confined; and until my final hour and yours be indeed your greater self."

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love, blink

I have not read this entire piece. Correction: none of it. This is the passage to which I allowed a blind direction today...as in, hold out the book, let it fall open freely, let the eye fall immediately on a passage. But it does speak to me about the world that we all create on this forum. Perhaps it speaks to you too.