*by Kahlil Gibran* >Do not love half lovers >Do not entertain half friends >Do not indulge in works of the half talented >Do not live half a life >and do not die a half death >If you choose silence, then be silent >When you speak, do so until you are finished >Do not silence yourself to say something >And do not speak to be silent >If you accept, then express it bluntly >Do not mask it >If you refuse then be clear about it >for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance >Do not accept half a solution >Do not believe half truths >Do not dream half a dream >Do not fantasize about half hopes >Half a drink will not quench your thirst >Half a meal will not satiate your hunger >Half the way will get you nowhere >Half an idea will bear you no results >Your other half is not the one you love >It is you in another time, yet in the same space >It is you when you are not >Half a life is a life you didn't live, >A word you have not said >A smile you postponed >A love you have not had >A friendship you did not know >To reach and not arrive >Work and not work >Attend only to be absent >What makes you a stranger to them closest to you, >and they strangers to you >The half is a mere moment of inability, >but you are able for you are not half a being. >You are a whole that exists to live a life, >not half a life.