Children

You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,
for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

By Khalil Gibran from "The Prophet"

在金庸茶館聊天時一位朋友引了Gibran的這首詩，有關親子關係的表現我找不出比這一段更美也更能感動我的文章片段了，謝謝〔所思〕
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