From the collections…… something to make you think for some time ..
A Nice Article About Love
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
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