Sandcastles

Ultimately, everything in life is a meant to  mold us into wiser individuals. Every  lesson unfolds to shape  the content  of our character. Lately I've  realized, that one of the things we as mere mortals cannot control is who we make room in our hearts for. One can know someone for over two years and still not feel as connected to them as they do to a person they only knew for a few weeks. Then again, I myself  am a firm believer in the saying "It's  not how long you've known someone, it's the significance of what you've survived together that counts". No one  is going to let just anyone into their heart. And you don't  necessarily have to be IN LOVE to feel love for the person you open your  heart for. Love is love despite the logistics and minor details. And regardless of what simple minded  humans love to believe, no one is cold hearted enough to resist the pull of genuine human connection that is often used to form an unbreakable bond. Everyone needs that gut wrenching feeling  of being adored, desired, respected and overall appreciated.  Everyone craves to be understood. And when one has found a person who  can provide that for them selflessly, they cannot help but love them. And they most likely always will, despite where that journey of love will lead them. That being said, sometimes  that love, won't always take a person where they want to go. Sometimes there is imbalance. Sometimes things are circumstantial. Sometimes certain things are just meant for the next lifetime, so to speak. See, in my humble opinion, we Humans, are like sandcastles. Water can destroy a sandcastle  in the same wave it can be created with. The same applies to us with Love. Love can hurt the hearts it's help to mend. Even so, every summer people go to the beach and build  those sandcastles,  aknowledging that they may or may not  be destroyed. The same way people let new love in their hearts despite the fact that it may or may not end in pure agony. Why do we do it? Because, love like a finished sandcastle, hold such unadulterated beauty that it's  virtually impossible to hold any regrets. Especially when every moment was as honest as the air we breathe. Despite what love can turn a situation into, whether  it habors you or welcomes needed distance, real love never truly dies. It's  just healthier to accept where Life takes you because  a intricate  ingredient to real love is Growth. Sometimes you have to let people go to let them grow. It doesn't  mean you love them any less it may mean you love them  more so.