Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Tender Spots of Letting Go

Often times loving someone means letting go. In fact, when I look at life it seems it is all about letting go. We hold our children's hands as they grow, with the knowledge of the inevitable before us... knowing all the while we will have to let them go...let them live their own life. It creates tender spots in a parent's soul. We hold our own parents and grandparents until the inevitable affects of aging creep in and steal them from this world. We let go, knowing it is the natural course. But it creates tender spots in a child's spirit. We cling to those we love with longing and affection, all the while understanding it is only until "death do us part"... knowing one of us will have to let go first. It creates agony in a lover's heart. In the end, we too will release our grasp on life itself and let go. Life is all about loving and letting go...and sometimes the lesson is simply in learning to love someone enough to peacefully let them go. It creates tender spots in an entangled soul.

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