No human relation gives one possession to another -every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone. Give and Take... For to the bee, a flower is a fountain of life And to the flower, a bee is a messenger of love. And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy. You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream. And what desert greater shall there be, than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, of receiving? And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their wealth naked and their pride unabashed? See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver and an instrument of giving. For in truth, it is life that gives unto life -while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.

Image: Painting by Michael Carson