Was this content a rip or paraphrased from many of the poems written by Khalil Gibran?
you know he did write one about Joy and Sorrow.
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
Khalil Gibran takes a broader philosophical approach but these are universal issues poets deal with best...