No Such Thing as Circumstance

Have you ever loved someone deeply and then lost them?

How did they get lost?

Did you lose them to heaven, or hell,

or did they disappear from your life to the unknown?

Did they go unexpectedly,

or did you hope they would fade away

and save you the trouble of instigating

their disappearance, whether fast or slow?

Have you ever despised someone deeply, lost them,

only to have them show back up in your life?

Did you purposely do all you could

to keep them hidden from you

and your current loved ones?

Did you think that by closing your eyes

you would summon the power

to make them stay out of your sight?

Did you think that closing your heart

would make them stay at bay...

...stay far, far away?

Making people stay away is not in your power.

Making people resurface is not in your power.

Making situations turn in your favor is not always

in your power. Sometimes you just have to let go.

You may take baby-steps with intention,

but you should know

there is no such thing as circumstance.

I believe

the Source

orchestrates

whom in your little life

comes and stays for how long;

and whom goes away for moments or unfathomable forever.

I have found that

wishing someone would come or go -- don't make it so!