The art of Letting Go....

I was surfing the internet and found this cute story about a girl who learn the art of letting go.For some letting go of someone is an easy process as eating a piece of cake but for others including myself this is a painful process that it's hard to overcome. I know myself more that anything else and I know if I have to let go of someone this could be a very difficult process and it took me years to move on from the glimpse of memories.When I read this story somehow it made me realized, that in life you have to face that fact that some things doesn't last forever. You have to let it go and continue exploring life. To let go is not to deny but to accept. To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and to live for the future. To let go is to fear less and to love more.Although it's painful but beneficial for us... Whenever I go people keep on telling me that "things happens for a reason", yeah I know things happens for a reason...I may never know why these things happened in my life now but I'm sure someday at the right time it will be answered and it all make sense.

Here's the story...

Letting Go Author:Dee Edgett
There was once a lonely girl who longed desperately for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving song birds. She took them home and put them in a small glided cage. She nurtured them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a marvellous song. The girl felt great love for the birds. She wanted their singing to last forever.One day the girl left the door to the cage open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl watched anxiously as he circled high above her. She was so frightened that he would fly away and she would never see him again that as he flew close, she grasped at him wildly. She caught him in her fist. She clutched him tightly within her hand. Her heart gladened at her sucess in capturing him. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate clutching love had killed him.She noticed the other bird teteering on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. His need to soar into the clear, blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.The girl watched delighted at the bird's enjoyment. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody, she had ever heard.

***The fastest way to lose love is to hold on too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it -- WINGS!***

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A Ballerina Who Give-up Easily

There was once a young ballerina who had taken ballet lesson all through her childhood. She wanted to be a prima ballet dancer but she wanted to be sure that she had the talent. When a ballet company came to town, she went backstage after the performance she spoke to the ballet master.

“I want to be a great ballet dancer but I don’t know if I had the talent” she said. “Dance for me” the master said. After a minute or two, he shook his head and said “No, no, no, you don’t have what it takes to be a great ballerina.”

The young woman went home heartbroken. She tossed the ballet slippers into the closet and never wore them again. Instead she got married, had children. when the kids are old enough, she took a part time job manning a cash register at a corner shop.

Years later, the same ballet company came into town. She attended it and on the way out, she ran into the same old ballet master who was then in his eighties. She reminded him that they had spoken before. She showed him photos of her children and told him about the corner shop job that she is doing now. And then she asked “There is just one thing that really bothered me. How could you tell me that I don't have what it takes to be a great ballerina?” “Oh, I barely look at you when you danced, that’s what I told all of them who came to me” he said. “But…but, that’s unforgivable! You have ruined my life, I could have been a great ballet dancer!” she cried.

“No, no…I don’t think so, if you have what it takes, you wouldn’t have paid any attention to what I said.” The old ballet master said.

***Well who's fault anyway?Sometimes people tend to judge us not only because they don't appreciate us, but also they want us to realized how to make it more better, that's a constructive criticism. It's a kind of criticism that can boast our pride to make an extra effort to give our best. But sometimes because also of our pride, we tend to be deaf by the true message of that criticism. Instead we run away and give up on things that we want to hold on. Like this story of ballerina, she run away and forget her dream just because of some silly criticism from the ballet master. Criticism could hurt us and tore our pride, which is normal because we're just human. But if you really believe in yourself and the power of your dreams, even a worst criticism can't make you quit, remember "Quitter's never win". And for all the critics out there just don't be so rude, before you judge just try to see the good things about that person. I hope we can learn from this***

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Time Never Goes Back!

I got this story which I think its pretty interesting... After reading, I could relate my life with the story... Then, do self reflection after having completed reading this article!

Once upon a time, there was a teacher and his student lying down under a big tree near a big grass area. Then, suddenly, the student asked the teacher.

Student : Teacher, I'm confused, how can we find our soul-mate? Can you please help me?

Teacher : (Silent for few second, than he answer) Well, it's a pretty hard and easy question.

Student : (Thinking hard) Huh???

Teacher : Look on that way, there are a lot of grass there, why don't you walk there but please never walk backward, just walk straight ahead. On your way, try to find a beautiful grass and pick it up then give it to me. But just one.

Student : Well, ok then... wait for me... (walked straight ahead to the grass field).

A few minutes later...

Student : I'm back.

Teacher : well I don't see any beautiful grass on your hand.

Student : On my journey, I found few beautiful grass, but I thought that I would find a better one, so I didn't pick it up. But I didn't realize that I'm at the end of the field, and I hadn't picked up any. Cause you told me not to go back, so I didn't go back.

Teacher : That's what happened in real life.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

* Grass - is people around you

* Beautiful Grass - is people that attract you

* Grass Field - is time

* In looking for your soulmate, please don't always compare and hope that there will be a better one. By doing that, you'll waste your life and time, cause remember "Time Never Goes Back".It applies the same in finding your ideal life partner, your suitable career or business. Therefore the morale is LOVE & Grab hold of the opportunity that you have now, don't waste time!

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A simple gesture could save someone’s life.

***A story of a boy that makes an ordinary gesture, that turns him to be an extraordinary person***

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history. He was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.

Mark went home after dropping Bill at his house. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school, where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year came.

Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide.
But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, that simple gesture. You did a lot more You saved my life."

***See making simple things to others, can bring a strong impact to their lives. ***

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