Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow. Kahlil Gibran
About This Quote

There is a huge difference between the words “love” and “together.” Or, put another way, there is a huge difference between love and togetherness.  The first word is not about what we do, but who we are. The second word is all about what we do. Love is about how we treat each other.

Togetherness is about how we live together. In this quote, William Shakespeare again shows us the importance of love and of relationships. But he also makes a great point about the importance of space in our relationships.

Source: The Prophet

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