I have such a hard time with this... I feel that it you actually let something go... it's gone forever. I don't believe it will come back. Of course, I always hear this phrase when it comes to relationship breakups. Once you "let them go" then everything changes -- how could they come back??
2007-08-02 18:04:03 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I prefer the unspoken end to that - "If it doesn't come back, hunt it down and kill it."
2007-08-02 18:09:58 · answer #1 · answered by balloon buster 6 · 21⤊ 5⤋
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"If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was."
I have such a hard time with this... I feel that it you actually let something go... it's gone forever. I don't believe it will come back. Of course, I always hear this phrase when it comes to relatio...
2015-02-06 09:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it's a test for faith.
In a cracking relationship, lovers sometimes are torn between letting go or holding on more tightly. And you're right,..there's always this fear that the other person, once let go, may not come back anymore...And possibly, not anymore.
So you try to find relief in the thought that maybe it's just right to let go because he or she isn't the right one for you.
This will help ease your pain of breaking up. In the long run, another love will come your way, and you will just look back at this memory and smile with your heart. You will realize that if a love goes,..another one comes.
2007-08-02 19:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 0⤋
The cliché is meant that in life there are things you can control-that you can do whatever you want with it. and there are things you can't control-that you can't do anything about it no matter what you do, so you have to let it be, or if you are religious let the higher power take care of it.
How does it relate to love? You can’t control what your love ones are thinking, what they do and etc…, so you have to let them be, set them free. So if that person love you they will be with you no matter what or come back. If not they will look for someone else to replace you or erase you. This is usually meant for more than 2 years of relationship. Not for new love, new love you have to be on your best behavior, best attitude and best etc… to get the others to fall in love.
2013-11-08 07:58:02 · answer #4 · answered by Dax 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually believe this saying to be true. My boyfriend I am with now, we've been together for 3 years now.. However we didn't talk to each other or have anything to do with one another for 6 years... He was my first boyfriend, first kiss, first date.. 6 years after we started talking to each other again through a mutual friend, and I know that I love him very much. It's rare but I believe it does happen ;)
2014-02-08 07:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by casey 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Winning back an ex is not easy at all. It is a lot easier to generate feelings in someone, than it is to change their feelings. But if you take the right steps, and more importantly don't do the wrong things, your chances to win him back increase dramatically. Let's see!
2015-02-09 05:27:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This saying is BS. If you love something you protect it and keep close to it, you never know when life may try to take it from you. if it leaves on it's own it's should be assumed gone. But if it comes back it is truly yours to love with. Never let something you love go, very few things to love in this world.
2007-08-02 18:29:21 · answer #7 · answered by Dead 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
They usually don't come back, the saying was made up to make people feel better----so they can say "Oh I guess I was wrong, it never was mine in the first place".
I would never let something I love free--that is a good way to get your heart broke. If you love something, hang onto it for all you are worth. If you let it go and it doesn't come back, you will alway say "What If?"
2007-08-02 18:12:52 · answer #8 · answered by Michelle My Bell 5 · 9⤊ 2⤋
My dear,
This just means that for love to be worthwhile, it needs to be mutual.
Let's rephrase in a less poetic fashion.
"Don't cling. If a person loves you, it's unnecessary.
And if they don't, why bother?"
2007-08-02 18:40:21 · answer #9 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that's crap. It puts all the responsibility for the outcome of your relationship on the other person.
Think about from the other side. Have you ever been let go by someone you loved? I have, by someone I loved very much, and thought loved me. I only found out later that she was acting on this very same crappy advice. But here's the rub; when she let me go (just to see if I'd come back), she shattered the trust between us. I couldn't go back.
I really was hers to begin with, and now I'm not.
2007-08-02 18:50:48 · answer #10 · answered by Beardog 7 · 10⤊ 2⤋
What they are saying is that. None of us owns anothers heart,mind and soul. My father told me many years ago that "You cannot MAKE anyone love you." If they did not
come back , It would mean that they did not truly love you. That is hard and painful, but it also means that they would have left at some point anyway. Only if you CANNOT do without a person should you even be allowed to love them. So let him go..............
2007-08-02 18:20:47 · answer #11 · answered by nutsfornouveau 6 · 8⤊ 0⤋