A mother and her daughter were walking on the beach when the girl asked:
"How does one keep a love?"
The mother answered:
"Take a small amount of sand and close your hand strongly."
The girl did it and noticed that the strongest she closed her hand, the faster the sand leaved it.
"Mom, this way the sand escapes!"
"I know. Try now completely opening your hand."
And so she did but then a strong wind blew and took all the rest of sand there was on her hand.
"I can't keep it in my hand this way too!"
(...)"Don't you think you've already tried everything?"
"No, I don't."
"There's no choice without resignation."
"You can't ask her to give up from that."
"I didn't. And I won't."
"I cannot promise I'll be here. And it's definitely not emotional blackmail, but the purest sincerity."
"Doesn't she realize she's got something most people will never have??"
Sometimes I need some time on my own
Sometimes I need some time all alone
"This is the first time we talk about it this way."
"One can't have everything."
"It took me more than 20 years to learn how to deal with things without focusing on what I'm missing."
"Talk to me. Always talk to me."
"I always knew I'd have to deal with that."
"There is never love without pain."
"I cannot carry this burden forever."
"Some things have got to change."
Forever
This time I know and there's no doubt in my heart
"I'll be 70, you'll be 79, and we'll be together in our countryside house reading a book."
"So what are you going to do?"
"The same as always when I believe in something: the best I can."
(...)
And so the mother said:
"Now get another small amount of sand and keep your hand just like a spoon, close enough to protect it and open enough to give it freedom."
When the girl tried it, she realized the sand not only didn't escape from her hand but also was protected enough from the wind.
"This is how you make a love last. If you crave something, leave it free. If it comes back it will be yours forever; otherwise, it's because it was never truly yours."^^ :: Don't open your hand wide for I won't close mine tight. "Quando olhar para trás e ver que tudo na vida passa, nunca se esqueça que eu passei na sua vida com uma imensa vontade de ficar."