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The Prophet Study Guide

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by Khalil Gibran
About 37 pages (11,123 words)
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"On Pain" Summary

A woman asks about pain, and Almustafa defines it as the breaking of the shell enclosing one's understanding. One must know pain in order to see the wonder in the daily miracles of one's life. One must accept the seasons of one's heart as one accepts the seasons in nature and be serene in the winters of one's grief. Much of one's pain is self-chosen: the bitter remedy that heals when.....

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