Letters from Gibran…

Here is another excerpt from the letters written by Khalil Gibran to Gertrude Barry that I stumbled upon this week in Beirut.

Thursday, July 5, 1907

You have said the things which I would have said long ago, my beloved Gertrude. You have given voice to the thought that has been lingering within my soul. You have revealed a sad truth. You are brave and beautiful.

But do not, Gertrude, do not say that we have fallen. Perhaps we have lost our path. Perhaps we have been dragging our feet on thorny roads. Perhaps we have dimmed our eyes with too much light. Say all this if you wish but do not, I beg of you, do not say that we have fallen; for I am able today, as I did yesterday, to stretch my broken wings and fly through the immeasurable blue to the seventh heaven…