Nice Story About Love

A Nice Story About 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."

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 offer an unconditional caring."