Random Thought 32 - A Piece of Us

Somebody told me before not to get deeply involve with someone because I could be at a losing end later on.

When we start to establish good relationships with people, it is always a given fact that we start to invest ourselves with them. In a deeper avenue, we start to show our love and care. In this regard, we might end up hurting ourselves.

I think that people with no deeper relationships with others are the ones who had been hurt before or they only learn to care about themselves. If they had an awful experience from the past, most probably, they become extra careful about their associations.  If they don't know how to care about others, maybe, they have not yet found the right person to care about.

Sometimes, it is a dreadful scenario thinking that people close to us will eventually leave us, one way or the other. As much as we want them to stay, there will come a time for them to go. And when they're gone, we get hurt and suffer.

If we learn to embrace the truth that every person that will come into our life will leave afterward, then, maybe it will be less hurtful. But it will definitely hurt the most if we are not able to show our affection and love the moment they are still with us. And when they're gone, we blame ourselves for not letting them feel how special they are to us.

When people leave, they are not gone forever. As long as we are alive, a part of them stays with us. And it would be a meaningful memory to cherish if our memories of them are filled with happiness and love. As long as we remember them, they will not cease to exist.

And when people leave, are we on the losing end? I don't think so. When we are able to establish a sound and meaningful relationships with them, we share a piece of ourselves. The moment they will leave, a piece of us will always be a part of them. As they find their own place under the sun, they  will bring along that piece of us. In the process, it is like spreading ourselves to every possible corner beyond our expectations. And when they spread the love and care we had shared with them, isn't it wonderful  to know that we are the source of happiness and affection of other people we don't even know?