The ritual of life!!

One of the harshest realities of life is one of it's fundamental rituals as well; the meeting and parting of people. It is a bitter truth of life that no one can be ours forever, but does that mean we should never make someone ours or love someone with all the depth of our heart that exists? A tough question it is. If we see a hole in front of us, surely we won't walk on that road yet the path of love always has immense pain at the end of it yet we dare to walk it, and in fact joyously move forward...I simply wonder, why?! “It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love...”  - Michael Bassey Jonhson

I guess I myself have the answer to that question. The answer is simple; love is the most beautiful thing in this world and we all want to have a taste of happiness. Imagine waking up every morning knowing that somewhere in the world, regardless of the distance, someone really cares for us with all their heart...that we are in someone's thoughts and importantly, in their heart. Isn't it a good feeling? 

But then many a times, we all have that someone in front of us and we simply fail to recognize them. George Eliot said "Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love." Khalil Gibran shared a similar thought: "Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." It is true what they say then that we only realize the value of something/someone once we lose it. It is one of the saddest realities of life that we need to change. Valuing something that is around should be an aspect of our personalities.

I am a traveler and as they say about travelers, we understand and are used to the pain of parting from people but what no one says is that it is not easy ever for us to part from someone regardless of how many people have come in our lives and left. Every time I part from someone, it hurts and a little part of me goes with them. Raymond Chandler in the 'The long goodbye' says "to say goodbye, is to die a little." Trust me, it isn't easy. There are times when we feel the connection with someone and we want to be close to them as a friend, get to know them more but then a time comes and you knew it was coming but you aren't ready to accept it, and that is the time to say goodbye! Adding to the sadness is the fact that when it is time to say goodbye, is the time when you start to open up to that person. It hurts doesn't it? TOTALLY DOES!!

Finally, I would like to say to the few probably who read my blog that, life is very short and we must not take it for granted. You have someone you love, someone you appreciate, someone your eyes keep searching for day in and day out, someone who makes you laugh despite all your pain, someone who is the star shining you life with all the darkness in it, someone who you think of silently at night with a slow love song in the background; then go and tell them how you feel, say the I love you; just say it. It is very hard and no one will know this more than I do but make that effort. It will save a lot of regret that will follow if you don't! 
On this note, I would like to end with one of my most favorite quotes. The line that makes so much sense yet it is one of the most hardest things to do.

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were" - Khalil Gibran

Cheers!
Peace!
Champ!