I was going over my e-mail and chanced upon this beautiful letter. I want to share this to all those who have loved and hurt, those who haven't loved at all and those who are just about to discover the beauty of this moving emotion. Though this might be long, it is worth the reading!
When you think of your past love,
you may view it as a failure.
But when you find a new love,
you view the past as a teacher.
In the game of love,
it doesn't really matter who won or lost.
What is important is you know
when to hold on and when to let go!
You know you really love someone
when you want him or her to be happy,
even if his or her happiness means
that you're not part of it.
Everything happens for the best.
If the person you love
doesn't love you back,
don't be afraid
to love someone else again
for you'll never know
unless you give it a try.
You'll never love
a person you love
unless you risk for love.
Love strives in hurting.
If you don't get hurt,
you don't learn how to love.
Love doesn't hurt all the time,
though the hurting is still there
to test you and to help you grow.
Don't find love, let love find you.
That's why it's called falling in love
because you don't force yourself to fall.
You just fall.
You cannot finish a book
without closing its chapters.
If you want to go on,
then you have to leave the past
as you turn the pages.
Love is not destroyed by a single failure
or won by a single caress.
It is a lifetime venture
in which we are always learning,
discovering and growing.
The greatest irony of love
is letting go when you need to hold on
and holding on when you need to let go.
We lose someone we love
only when we are destined
to find someone else
who can love us
even more than we love ourselves.
On falling out of love,
take some time
to heal and get back on the horse.
But don't ever make the same mistake
of riding the same one
that threw you the first time.
To love is to risk rejections;
to live is to risk dying,
hope is to risk failure.
But risk must be taken
because the greatest hazard in life
is risking nothing!
To reach for another is to risk involvement,
to expose your feelings is to expose true self;
to love is to risk not to be loved in return.
How to define love:
fall but not stumble,
be constant but not too persistent,
share and never be unfair,
understand and try not to demand,
hurt but never keep the pain.
Love is like a knife.
It can stab the heart
or it can carve wonderful images
into the soul that always last for a lifetime.
Love is supposed to be
the most wonderful feeling.
It should inspire you
and give you joy and strength.
But sometimes,
the things that give you joy
can also hurt you in the end.
Loving people means
giving them the freedom
that they choose to be
and where they choose to be.
For all the heartaches and the tears,
for gloomy days and fruitless years,
you should give thanks,
for you know,
that these were the things
which helped you grow.
Loving someone means
giving him the freedom
to find his way,
whether it leads towards you
or away from you.
Love is a painful risk to take
but the risk must be taken
no matter how scary painful,
for only then you'll experience
the fullness of humanity
and that is love.
Only love can hurt your heart,
fill you with desire and tear you apart.
Only love can make you cry
and only love knows why.
If you are not ready to cry,
if you're not ready to take the risk,
if you're not ready to feel the pain,
then you're not ready to fall in love.
There was a time in our lives
when we became afraid
to fall in love
because every time we do,
we get hurt,
then I figured
that's why it's called falling in love.
When you decide to love,
allow it to grow.
When you promise to love,
refuse to let it die.
