Letting go

Far out in the country side lived a lonely girl who had no siblings. Longed desperately for love, overprotective parents doesn't help abit.

One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small gilded cage. She nurtured them with love and the birds grew stronger each day. Every morning they greeted her with their marvelous voices. The girl felt great love for the birds. She wanted their singing and companionship to last forever.

One fine day the girl left the door of the cage ajar while replenishing the water and food for the birds, who knows one of the lovely bird flew from the cage. The girl watched anxiously as it circled above her. She was so frightened that it would fly away and she would lose the bird and hence she would grasped at it wildly whenever it flew close.

She caught him in her fist. She clutched him tightly within her hand. Her heart gladdened at her success in capturing it. Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand stared in horror at the dead bird.

Her desperate deep love had killed the bird.

She noticed the other bird teetering on the edge of the cage. As though morphing into a bird herself, she felt the need for freedom. Birds shoudl belong to the clear blue sky, no a cage, she thought. She lifted the other bird from the cage and tossed it softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.

Almost forever, 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 delicate hand. It sang the sweetest melody she had ever heard.

Reflection point:
Have you ever 'killed' or lost some one's love towards you with the above mentioned 'desperate clucth of love'? Ever regret? Will he or she be back after all? Well if once again, will you hold him/her too tight or choose to give it wings..

Like the extract in one of my favourite song, Heaven Knows by Rick Price..

My friends keep telling me
That if you really love her
You've got to set her free
And if she returns in kind
I know she's mine

However, human beings are by nature selfish. The thought of letting go equals to losing thee already. We often choose to hold on, and give up only when the odds are low. You agree?