Nice article by Swamy vivekananda-----Life is beautiful!!! Live it !!!

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.....



Life is beautiful!!! Live it !!!