29: A person you love
The 30 Day Blog Challenge
Day 29 - A person you love
This brings to mind the part in The Little Prince when he met the fox.
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"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world..."
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"Goodbye," he said.
"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
"What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
"It is the time I have wasted for my rose--" said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember.
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose..."
"I am responsible for my rose," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
--Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
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Two things:
First, if you love someone, that person is unique to you in all the world. The saying "there are many fish in the sea" is nonsense. There's only one person like him. End of story.
Second, time is one thing you can neither reproduce nor get back. The people you make time for are the people you love.
Day 29 - A person you love
This brings to mind the part in The Little Prince when he met the fox.
***
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world..."
***
"Goodbye," he said.
"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
"What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
"It is the time I have wasted for my rose--" said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember.
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose..."
"I am responsible for my rose," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
--Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
***
Two things:
First, if you love someone, that person is unique to you in all the world. The saying "there are many fish in the sea" is nonsense. There's only one person like him. End of story.
Second, time is one thing you can neither reproduce nor get back. The people you make time for are the people you love.