I'm not sure if I believe the whole "If you love something, set it free. If it comes back its yours, if it doesn't - it never was" thing.
I know that letting go is one of the hardest things. And there is a massive part of me that thinks that maybe success is "largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." But sometimes, you just have to. And if you let something go, yes, it may not come back. But that doesn't mean that they were never yours.
It's just that they aren't yours now.
I know that might suck more, but for a moment there, they were truly yours.
There is that meagre consolation.
Freeing Ethan..
oh Ethan you have taken something I have said and believed for 40 years and turned it around for me! But you didn't dis - illusion me because of course you are right - just because something (someone) does not come back does not mean there were never yours! Of course they were - for one (or many) wonderful truly exceptional moments. And those moments are not meagre consolation - they are treasured memories! Aren't parents meant to teach children - not visa versa!!!
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