>Eric; > You wrote the following which made me think of anopther passage from >Gibran. > >>" "Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only >>with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the >>gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy." >>- -Kahlil Gibran >>tunrboy@teleport.com" > > I wonder if Gibran was conflicted because he also said: > >"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more >than much knowledge that is idle." >- -Kahlil Gibran > > So I suppose that you could say that one whos loves naught but himself and >serves only himself, by begging alms, is not as valuable as those who might >work without love but rather to produce for others as well as themselves and >thereby displays the love that it is professed they do not have. >Just a thought. >Jim Bryant (FL) Actually Jim, there is no conflict here. By becoming the begger the person is at least acting with a little knowledge to learn from others, whereas before, the person was idle with much knowledge because it was with distaste. My take anyhow :-) Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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