Unconditional caring. - 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 possess 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.'
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
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