I came across this beautiful quote about a song by The National Parks that I love. The band's manager, Jacob Cutler, wrote a great article about one of the songs, which you can read
HERE. In this article he states,
"It's a song about those times when you have to let go of something really good because somehow you know that the very act of holding on to it would ruin it. You sense that brevity is intrinsic to its beauty."
Wow.
Right?
"Brevity is intrinsic to its beauty..."
Letting go of things can be so challenging. We resist change, we resist endings. But there are often things and situations that are best left before we have a chance to test their boundaries, to push them to the limit so much that everything breaks and falls apart and becomes irreparable.
I've held on to relationships when they are past their due date. It's expired. Both parties know it. And yet I refuse to give up. It's a sad pattern. But recently, I had an experience where I let go much earlier than I had wanted or planned to...and that has made all the difference in how I view the whole thing. I have nothing but positive memories and thoughts of this person. If we had continued, who knows if I could say that still? We weren't a good match for each other in a long-term lens, but he taught me so much in such a short span of time, and for that, I can now be forever grateful, with absolutely no hard feelings.
The beauty of the whole thing was in its brevity.
