Truelove,noexpectations真爱,零期待Ioncehadafriendwhogrewtobeveryclosetome.Oncewhenweweresittingattheedgeofaswimmingpool,shefilledthepalmofherhandwithalittlewaterandhelditbeforeme,andsaidthis:Youseethiswatercarefullycontainedonmyhand?Itsymbolizeslove.Aslongasyoukeepyourhandcaringlyopenandallowittoremainthere,itwillalwaysbethere.However,ifyouattempttocloseyourfingersarounditandtrytopossessit,itwillspillthroughthefirstcracksitfinds.Thisisthegreatestmistakethatpeopledowhentheymeetlove…Theytrytopossessit,theydemand,theyexpect…andjustlikethewaterspillingoutofyourhand,lovewillretrievefromyou.Forloveismeanttobefree,youcannotchangeitsnature.Ifyouhavepeopleyoulove,allowthemtobefreebeings.Giveanddon’texpect.Advise,butdon’torder.Ask,butneverdemand.Itmightsoundsimple,butitisalessonthatmaytakealifetimetotrulypractice.Itisthesecrettotruelove.Totrulypracticeit,youmustsincerelyfeelnoexpectationsfromthosewhoyoulove,andyetanunconditionalcaring.我曾有个朋友,我们的关系很亲密。有一次我们坐在游泳池边上,她在手掌里盛了点儿水,捧在我面前,说:你仔细看我手上这水了吗?那代表爱。只要你充满关爱地使你的手平展伸开,并允许它保持在那儿,它会永远在那儿。但是,如果你试图把你的手指在它周围合起并试图占有它,它会通过它找到的缝溢出去。这是人们遇到爱时所犯的最大的错误……他们会试图占有它,他们会要求,他们会期待……那就会像溢出你的手掌的水一样,爱也会从你身边撤退。因为爱意味着自由,你不能改变它的本性。如果你有爱的人,请允许他们自由地存在。要给予而不期待;建议而不命令;请求而不要求。这可能听起来简单,但它需要一辈子去实践。这就是真爱的秘诀。要真正去实践它,你必须对那些你爱的人没有期望,并给予无条件的关爱。