The Distance That Matters

As humans , we mostly find it difficult to distant ourselves from the people we love , cherish and care about. Simply because we are emotionally or psychologically attached to the physical or implied presence of such people. But is that always the case that such people will return the affection and the feeling we have for them?

At times keeping a distance from those that we have at heart could be the solution to our woes. My biblical interactions has taught me a lot.  Moses had an extraordinary encounter with God and was given the powerful constitution of the Christian fraternity the very time he distanced himself from the Israelites on mount Sinai.

Also , our lord and Saviour Jesus Christ saw the face of earlier prophets when he distanced himself from his disciples to Pray alone. These are but few of biblical references to the essence of a temporary breakdown in relationship.  Some times you just have to distant yourself from things you loved most so as to analyse things from other perspectives.

Ramayana once said “Blow ‘o wind to where my loved one is. Touch him and come touch me soon. I’ll feel his gentle touch through you and meet his beauty in the moon. These things are much for the one who loves. One can live by them alone: that he and I breathe the same air and that the earth we tread is one.”

Distance provides us the right opportunity to reflect on why a relationship broke up and also right our wrongs. Broken covenants are rejuvenated when lessons are learnt from breakups.

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Kelle