On children

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but they are not from you,
and though they are with you, they belong not to you.

You can give them your love but not your thoughts,
they have their own thoughts.
You can house their bodies but not their souls,
for their souls dwell in the place of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit not even in your dreams.
You can strive to be like them,
but you can not make them just like you.

Tekst Kahlil Gibran
Muziek Ysaye Barnwell
Uitvoering Divina Close Harmony