Letting go

I came across a story the other day that talked about a man who made the woman he wanted to marry a 1,000 paper cranes. He worked at a small business firm and his future didn’t look very good. He went to meet up with his girl friend, and when he got to their meeting place she told him she was flying to Paris to live there and would not come back. He was heart-broken but he let her go. When he over-came her leaving him he worked on his business day and night, and with all of his work he managed to set up his own company. His motto was “You never fail until you stop trying.” He wanted to go somewhere with his life and make something of himself.

Then on a rainy drive home he noticed a couple under an umbrella and realized they were his ex-girl friend’s parents. He followed the couple wanting them to see what kind of car he was driving and show them the money and life he had. He followed them right into a cemetery without realizing that he had and he got out of his car following them.

He was stunned when he saw the picture of his old girl friend on her tombstone. Next to the picture were the paper cranes he had made her. Walking over to the parents he asked why this had happened. They told him she never left for France, instead cancer had taken her away and she had believed that he would make it big in life. She did not want her illness to be an obstacle and she left him. She wanted the paper cranes by her so that when the day comes again that she is back in his life he can take back some of the cranes. He wept and knew that worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them but knowing you can’t have them and will never see them again.  

This story reminded me of how Isabella and Lorenzo loved each other and how they stayed in their hearts even after death. They may be gone in a physical way, but the ones they loved never truly leave.