Let it go...

Another interesting forwarded message. Not much clue about its origin.

My dentist once told me that letting go is like pulling a tooth.
When it was pulled out, you’re relieved, but how many times does your tongue run itself over the spot where the tooth once was?
Probably a hundred times a day.
Just because it was not hurting you doesn’t mean you did not notice it.
It leaves a gap and sometimes you see yourself missing it terribly.
It’s going to take a while, but it takes time.
Should you have kept the tooth?
No, because it was causing you so much pain.

Therefore, move on and let go.

three kinds of givers

there are three kinds of givers, people who helps others in some way or the others

1. the flint stones - people whose hearts are as hard as stone. they do help (give out spark, to light a fire) but you need to strike them real hard. you need to motivate them to a great extent to reach out to others and help

2. the sponge - people who are otherwise not willing to help but all it needs is a little gentle effort for them to yield. the way a sponge works, a little squeezing and it releases all the water it had absorbed.

3. honeycomb - the people who are more than willing to help others, the way honey oozes out of a honeycomb. involuntarily. 

Comes the Dawn by Veronica A. Shoffstall

After awhile you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul.
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to understand that kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head held high and your eyes wide open.
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.

You learn to build your roads
On today because tomorrow's ground
Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have
A way of falling down in midflight.
After awhile you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul, instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure,
That you really are strong.
And you really do have worth.
And you learn and learn...and you learn
With every goodbye you learn.