Thursday, September 22

Love...

Love


One of the complicated things in this world, yet the most sought thing. Nobody would actually prefer to define that labyrinthine mesh, but only to love and be loved.


What is love? I don’t think anyone in this world can give a widely accepted answer for that. It’s defined in a numerous way.


Where is love? The answer can be given in a single word. Everywhere.
Love is there when two people hold their hands and share their lives.
Love is there when mother holds a newborn baby in her hand.
Love is there when a father sees his kid in hands of nurse when she brings out her-him from the labor room.
Love is where when a brother keeps the half of his toffee for his kid sister.
Love is where when a sister keeps on worrying for her brother’s safe return after the party, late night.
Love is there when a boss peacefully makes his sub-ordinate understands where he had gone wrong and feels elated when he corrects it.
Love is there when a friend accompanies you in silence when you are down, during your solitude.
Love is there when your consort hugs you when you try to eke all adversities and try to perform all your onus.
Love is there when you help a blind woman desisting to cross a heavy traffic road due to fear.
Love is there when you pat a stranger who looks very down, just for the sake of bolstering him.


I would like to share something on the 'nature of 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 a little 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 around 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 is 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."


- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

True...but ultimately everyone ends up expecting from each other...even i expect the person i love,not to expect anything from me...but then it wont be called as love...both should strive to fulfill each others expectations but should not expect from each other...it should work both ways..how i wish everyone stops expecting and tries to fulfil what the other person expectations....

Keshi said...

Very beautiful post...I loved it!

**For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature.

It sure is. That's why I never force ppl I love...I never demand...if it's there, it will be...if it's not, it wont...


I always believed in the quote:

If u love something, set it free...if it comes back to u, it's ur's...if it doesnt, it never was...

Keshi.

Keshi said...

Anonymous above:

**but then it wont be called as love

why not? Expecting the expected is natural. U cant avoid that - thats part of being human. But real Love dun expect the unexpected..if u know wut I mean :)

Keshi.

Keshi said...

Hows ya Vinu?

Keshi.