Half a life

dandrough
By dandrough

Do not love Half lovers .. do not entertain Half friends .. do not indulge in works of the Half talented, do not live Half a life .. do not die a Half death ..

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 a drink will not quench your thirst .. Half a meal will not satiate your hunger .. Half the way will get you no where .. Half an idea will bear you no results ..

Your other Half is not the one you love .. it is you in another time yet in the same space .. it is you when you are not .. 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 .. to reach and not arrive .. work and not work .. attend only to be absent .. what makes you a stranger to them closest to you, and they strangers to you ..

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.

By gudone• 13 Nov 2010 15:57
gudone

""Do not accept Half a solution .. -- but somtimes atleast ths helps..."

""Half a meal will not satiate your hunger .. -- but eating full makes me sleepy.. so half full is better

By soniya• 13 Nov 2010 10:15
soniya

My mind is wandering with the HALF ideas...

By anonymous• 13 Nov 2010 08:52
anonymous

yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn???

Thats a FULL yawn, btw.

By timebandit• 13 Nov 2010 08:51
timebandit

Oh man this is too heavy for a Saturday morning. Can't we discuss something important like the weather?

By mjamille28• 13 Nov 2010 08:51
mjamille28

I don't like halves, I always want full.. :P

By timebandit• 13 Nov 2010 08:43
timebandit

I am printing this out right now and putting in my binder entitled 'QL Moral & Ethical stuff I didn't know but need'.

By anonymous• 13 Nov 2010 08:39
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

I half understand what u are trying to say..LOL..

Everyone knows that half of everything isn't as good as a whole but half is better than nothing at all..

By ex.ex.expat• 13 Nov 2010 01:07
ex.ex.expat

:)

By dandrough• 13 Nov 2010 00:46
dandrough

the poem is by khalil gibran, I wasn't able to find it in enlish, so i took the liberty to translate it the best way i could from arabic . I thought to share it, i think it is beautiful and some will appreciate it. here is the arabic original for those who read arabic

نصفُ حياة

لا تجالس أنصاف العشاق، ولا تصادق أنصاف الأصدقاء، لا تقرأ لأنصاف الموهوبين، لا تعش نصف حياة، ولا تمت نصف موت، لا تختر نصف حل، ولا تقف في منتصف الحقيقة، لا تحلم نصف حلم، ولا تتعلق بنصف أمل، إذا صمتّ.. فاصمت حتى النهاية، وإذا تكلمت.. فتكلّم حتى النهاية، لا تصمت كي تتكلم، ولا تتكلم كي تصمت.

إذا رضيت فعبّر عن رضاك، لا تصطنع نصف رضا، وإذا رفضت.. فعبّر عن رفضك، لأن نصف الرفض قبول.. النصف هو حياة لم تعشها، وهو كلمة لم تقلها، وهو ابتسامة أجّلتها، وهو حب لم تصل إليه، وهو صداقة لم تعرفها.. النصف هو ما يجعلك غريباً عن أقرب الناس إليك، وهو ما يجعل أقرب الناس إليك غرباء عنك، النصف هو أن تصل وأن لاتصل، أن تعمل وأن لا تعمل، أن تغيب وأن تحضر.. النصف هو أنت، عندما لا تكون أنت.. لأنك لم تعرف من أنت. النصف هو أن لا تعرف من أنت .. ومن تحب ليس نصفك الآخر.. هو أنت في مكان آخر في الوقت نفسه!!..

نصف شربة لن تروي ظمأك، ونصف وجبة لن تشبع جوعك، نصف طريق لن يوصلك إلى أي مكان، ونصف فكرة لن تعطي لك نتيجة.. النصف هو لحظة عجزك وأنت لست بعاجز.. لأنك لست نصف إنسان. أنت إنسان.. وجدت كي تعيش الحياة، وليس كي تعيش نصف حياة!!

ليست حقيقة الإنسان بما يظهره لك ... بل بما لا يستطيع أن يظهره

لذلك ... إذا أردت أن تعرفه فلا تصغي إلى ما يقوله.... بل إلى ما لا يقوله .

"جبران خليل جبران"

By anonymous• 12 Nov 2010 17:21
anonymous

Half of mine already lost :(

By anonymous• 12 Nov 2010 17:20
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

This is stupid. Radioactive elements all have a 'half-life.' And half a million is better than no million.

By drmana• 12 Nov 2010 16:46
drmana

Err....what?

By britexpat• 12 Nov 2010 15:37
britexpat

I love me in another time yet in the same space ..

Half a mo !

By anonymous• 12 Nov 2010 14:48
anonymous

I half agree with that

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