Those Who Love Let Go, Those Who Desire Hold On
Those Whom You Love Are Set Free, And Those Who Desire Them Remain Captive of Their Own Accord There is a quiet difference between love and desire —one that many of us learn only after pain. Love is gentle. It does not chain, demand, or control. Love understands that another soul is not a possession, but a universe of its own. When you truly love someone, you don’t cage their wings—you help them fly. You don’t limit their dreams—you celebrate them. Love is not afraid of distance, change, or growth. It trusts. Desire, on the other hand, clings. It fears loss. It tries to own, define, and restrict. Those who desire often call it love, but deep inside, it is attachment wearing the mask of affection. And attachment always imprisons—first the other person, and eventually, the self. The irony is simple yet profound: Those who love are free because they free others. ...