A Nice Article about

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 
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…..

 

        It might sound simple,   but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime