Milk, peanut butter, tofu... Hopefully everything in your refridgerator, freezer, and pantry has an expiration date. In regards to food, expiration dates are important, good even. They keep us safe and healthy.
Other things have expiration dates as well. Utilities bills, foreclosure and eviction notices, and sometimes even lives. Whiles these are just as necessary, they are so much harder to cope with. You can't just throw them out when they go bad, go to the grocery store, and get a replacement.
Many relationships have expiration dates. It's hard to say whether or not those are the hardest kinds of expiration dates to deal with or not. At least there will always be the possibility of another one, and hopefully won't land you in a grave.
How are you supposed to let go? Each hug, each kiss, each simple touch... hurts. You miss them prematurely, you miss them when they are still in the seat next to you. How are you supposed to let yourself love them more and more each day until it ends? Is it worth the pain?
Regardless of how hard you try to hold on, sometimes you can't change the day it expires, just as you can't change the date on yogurt; it will go bad at the same time, no matter how hard you try.
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There is no fear in love. People you meet never truly leave you, if you remember who they are, and if that changes, you still have a piece of them. To answer the question, it is worth it. It would be a sin to say one of my glorious brothers or sisters is not worth the pain of meeting and loving. Instead of focusing on what is not there, perhaps focus on what is there.
ReplyDeleteSome things are perhaps better empty. You create a room with walls, not for the walls, but the space inside. We make cups, not for the plastic, glass, or whatever other material, but for the drink we can place inside.
How are you supposed to let go? There are many ways, not all wise. Mine is by thinking of the others they may be influencing, and being grateful they were permitted to influence me for a time. I've also told you, thinking of the return, when we meet each other in paradise, and how glorious that would be helps.