I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when
we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the
palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said
this:
"You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It
symbolizes Love."
This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly
open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there.
However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try
to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.
This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet
love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and
just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will
retrieve from you .
For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If
there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.
Give and don't expect.
Advise, but don't order.
Ask, but never demand.
It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a
lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To
truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from
those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."
Passing thought...
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by
the moments that take our breath away.....
"God does not give what we desire, but
God certainly gives what we deserve."
