"This time I don't want you back in my life..."
"Please do me this favour..."
At the outset it sounded like a really harsh statement. And it cut through her like a knife.
Tears rolled down as she stared at the now blurred face.
She looked away before it was too hard. And ended it.
Later, after more than four days of going back and forth between anger, self pity, guilt, grief, fear and panic, she finally woke up on the fifth day with something new.
Relief, that came with understanding.
True love is rare and not for the weak.
That was clear. But more than that she realized that love doesn't make you weak either.
Love makes you stronger when you see how much you have gained.
She felt herself walk with her head held high when she remembered that he loved her. It didn't matter if they never spoke again. The fact was that there was another soul on earth who cared just as much as you....
That realization itself gives you more strength than you can imagine.
Especially when it's selfless with no expectations.
He taught her to love herself again.
He gave her the confidence that she had lost.
He filled a void that had almost consumed her.
He walked in at a time when she had almost lost herself.
He helped her find herself again.
And she knew the effect was reciprocated.
He felt alive due to her. Something that he hadn't felt in years. In fact he admitted a part of him almost died before she entered.
So this mutual emotion led them each to become the individuals they were meant to be, which in itself was the complete form of love.
Something seen very rarely today.
A purpose for their union, however temporary.
So did she regret that they weren't together? Weren't a normal couple. Yes.
But she would never regret what happened.
She was eternally grateful that today she had complete clarity on who she was...
So she owed him the favour ....
She would give him the favour he asked...
She would never go back to him.
But he was forever a part of her heart. Her mind. Her soul.
No one could take that strength away, ever.
And that's when she realized what true love was.
All the phrases and statements that people said made sense...
Sometimes true love means to walk away..
True love isn't about possession and control.
And true love ALWAYS makes you stronger. Makes you better.
It's chaotic sometimes, uncertain.
But once the dust settles if you find yourself to be a better, stronger person....individually or together..
It's true love.
Think about that....
