21 things I’ve learned in 21 years
2. Not all friendships are permanent. And you know what? It’s perfectly fine (and often even better for you).
In the end, it comes down to the person capable of calming your mind when it’s threatening to explode, the one who remembers to hydrate your cells when all the salt and water have escaped via your traitorous tear ducts, the man who wraps his arms around the ribcage that protects a heart and lungs which move much too rapidly to sustain themselves.
Give up attachment
“You get better and better at with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things, (and that doesn’t mean you give up your love for them – because love and attachment have nothing to do with one another, attachment comes from a place of fear, while love… well, real love is pure, kind, and self less, where there is love there can’t be fear, and because of that, attachment and love cannot coexist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state beyond words.”
