Nothing Given Is Ever Lost

If a person inspired you,
changed your life in any way,
or touched a part of you that is not always reached
by the sea of nameless,
faceless people you see everyday...
you know that you are not the same person afterwards.
And somehow, when that happens,
we long to hold on to that very essence of transformation...
because it made us more real, more special...
somehow, less insignificant, less human...
So you try to hold on to this person
with whom we suddenly had a face, a name...
This once nameless, faceless someone
who we saw or had see us, or both.
But sometimes, this person couldn't stay, couldn't hold on...
Not because he doesnt' want to,
But because he knows
that there's nothing else he can do
to enrich you, to make your life fuller, better...
And you are left there...
longing, wondering what went wrong...
So you seethe, you ache, you withold the truth
That this person...
this person who wouldn't stay,
Really mad you feel a little more alive
than you have been before.
You wouldn't give him that special place
Because he wouldn't give you
what you hoped he would.
So you move on, lying to yourself...
Believing that you can give what you withold
right down to the next person.
Forgetting that what you have for this person
could never belong to anyone else but him
He is the one who made it alive in you...
The one who made the difference.
That in itself was already his gift for you.
But if he would give more,
then you just have to keep a grateful heart.
But if that's all he is able to give...
Remember that a lof of others came across your way
and never gave anything.
Not even a fleeting glnce.
This person though...
this person who would not stay...
Told you in his own way, that you counted...
you passed this way...
and you will leave a mark...
even long, long after when all things you hold on to are gone.
So be gald, be gratefull...
And give him place in your life---
and say goodbye... until perhaps, you meet again.
But if you never do,
Remember that you are not the same special,
significant person you are now,
If you never had. And that the gift that was made alive in you.

-Anonymous-