Love & Giving

A thought provoking article on Love and Giving by Swami Vivekananda

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me.
Once when we weresitting 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 youattempt 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!!!

"I Will Remember that person Not As The One
Who Broke My Heart, But As the One Who Taught Me,
How To Live With A Broken Heart
and how to love !!!!! "