Love
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."
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 can not 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."
It might sound simple,
but it is a lesson
that may take a lifetime
Remember
Life is not measured
by the number of breaths we take;
but by the moments
that take our breath away.
~ Swami Vivekananda
