Half Life

I was listening to half life by arcade fire lots this weekend and then this Khalil Gibran poem came to me Sunday.
One of my favorite poets.
Thought I would share. 💛

“Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death
Join
If you choose silence,
then be silent
When you speak,
do so until you are finished
Do not silence yourself
to say something
And do not speak to be silent
If you accept,
then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear
about it for an ambiguous refusal
is but a weak acceptance
Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes
Half the way will get you no where
Half an idea will bear you no results
Half a life is a life you didn't live,
A word you have not said
A smile you postponed
A love you have not had
A friendship you did not know
The half is a mere moment of inability
but you are able
for you are not half a being
You are a whole
that exists to live a life
not half a life.”

Khalil Gibran


*artist unknown