Hey there , every now and then I look to Khalil Gibran's timeless masterpiece , the Prophet , which was published back in 1923 . And it's a beautiful poem with a potent message of self-understanding and spiritual growth , and I find it so inspiring , and I thought I just , and I find it so inspiring and I thought I just was moved to pick it up today and just opened it to page 73 , where he's speaking of time . So I'm just gonna read it to you in lieu of a meditation today , and maybe it's something for you to meditate on . So here we go .
Speaker 1An astronomer said Master , what of time ? And he answered you would measure time
, the measureless and the immeasurable . You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons Of time . You would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing . Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream .
Speaker 1And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space . Who among you does not
feel that his power to love is boundless ? And yet who does not feel that that very love , though boundless , encompassed within the center of his being and moving not from love thought to love thought , nor from love deeds to other love deeds and is not time , even as love is undivided and paceless . Undivided and paceless . But if , in your thought , you must measure time into seasons , let each season encircle all the other seasons and let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing . It's beautiful , isn't it ? Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream . And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space . I mean , wow . I hope you find that as beautiful and thought-provoking as I do . I'm Lisa Hopkins . Thanks so much for listening . Stay safe and healthy , everyone , and remember to live in the moment .