Of late, I have been pondering over life and the emotional sustenance of our existence – love, affection, friendship, togetherness which all leads to RELATIONSHIPS. The one word – it has so many connotations and forms the basis of all human bonding.
We form relationships all through our lives – perhaps the strongest being formed before birth, in the mother’s womb. The parental relationship and those between siblings are bonds which have a strong foundation – after all “blood is thicker than water”. At the same time we can’t really choose these relationships as they happen by birth. We again don’t get to choose our relatives (I wish I And about the relationships that we can choose like friends, lover, spouse. Do we always choose wisely? Then why are there so many broken hearts and houses?
I think it finally boils down to relating - the day we stop relating to another person, the relationship is over. So let us stop taking the other person in our relationship for granted and make that extra effort to relate, then I think, we can sustain it longer!
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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 possess 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 possess 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.....
Life is beautiful!!! Live it !!!
As an afterthought - my favourite quote:
"If you love someone, set him free. If he loves you then he will return to you and if he doesn't, then he was never yours"!!
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