seven times I have despised my soul.
“ Seven times
I have d e s p i s e d my soul
The first time
when I saw her being m e e k
that she might attain height
The second time
when I saw her l i m p i n g
before the crippled
The third time
when she was given to choose
between the hard and the easy
and she chose the e a s y
The fourth time
when she committed a w r o n g
and c o m f o r t e d herself
that others also commit wrong
The fifth time
when she f o r b o d e for weakness
and attributed her p a t i e n c e to strength
The sixth time
when she d e s p i s e d the ugliness of a face
and knew not that
it was one of her own m a s k s
And the seventh time
when she sang a song of praise
and deemed it a v i r t u e .”
- Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam
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