A Nice Article by Swami
Vivekananda...............
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..... Life is beautiful!!! Live
it!!!