The Impermanence of Butterflies

Numb? Acceptance? Is there a difference between letting go and not holding on too tight?

Romantic Love is like a butterfly, breathtakingly beautiful, almost magical when it is wild and free fluttering about. It often catches you by surprise, how quickly and unexpectedly it arrives.

But it departs in just the same way. It's not really magic, you see. It's science and psychology.

You can let it go and hope that it comes back another day. Or you can capture it and try and keep it with you always, which never works.

You're left with only one good option, and that's to enjoy it while it's here, revel in its splendor, and smile as it flies away.

Leaving the garden of your heart open for another butterfly.