Collateral beauty

Death beautifies life. Time beautifies life and love beautify it all. The three abstractions love, time and death beautify the life of a human.

 

Time as effortless as it sounds is said to heal all the wounds. Time, with time they say your wounds shall be healed. Time, with the time you shall be in a better place. But they do not say, time was the reason you are here. Time is the reason for all your scars and wounds that won't fade away. The time you spent with her, time the moment you held her, a time when you first heard her laugh, it was time who made you fall in love. But she, she ran out of her time, Your baby girl. Time gave you everything you ever wanted, time gave you a bit of joy you ever wished for. But time was so cruel it took hers away and now you are left with a hollow inside. Time took the only thing you had. So ruthless, without a  second thought. Every minute of the time you spent, every second of the time you cherished, every single strain of memories you created with her in time is all you have now. And they haunt you like the ghost from the past, something that just won't let you go. And you know, it will never let you go. Time gave you the best you could have and now it is giving you your worst.

 

Love, love was when you had faith, trust. When your soul connected to her. You loved Love. You trusted love. You believed in love when you first met your baby girl. You fell in love when she first laughed and you heard the most beautiful sound. You felt love inside when she reached out to you and called 'daddy' for the very first time. You loved her so much even love envy. Love was when you loved your soul. When you nurtured you and everyone around. That was love when you were at your best. You felt it through your baby girl. Love was when she was born, love was when she first held your finger with her tiny hands, love was when you felt her heartbeat the very first time. But just like the wind in autumn, she disappeared and you were left with nothing but hatred. You felt love at the most and now you feel pain at it's best. And it is okay to feel. But lost faith and trust in love because love betrayed you. You think, love betrayed you. But that's where you are wrong. Love never betrayed you. Love was there when your baby girl was born and love was still there when she was taking her last breath. Love was there when she was dancing in her pink pretty dress and love was there when she was covered with a white sheet.

Love was there when you laughed with her and love was there you mourn in grief. Love was there then and love is still here now. Love is it all. Love is the light and the dark. Love is the sunshine and the storm. Love is the rain and the rainbow. You just need to look and not only see. Love never really left and it will never really leave.

 

Death is as natural as life. And you have always feared it. Up until you lost her and now you hate it. You do not see the beauty it holds nor do you intend to look. Death is what took her away from you. Death is the reason she departed. Death is what made you lose your only hope. The light of your eye, the soul of your life. But you fail to see, death is the reason life is valued the way it is. Death is the reason, people cherish the presence of people in their lives. Death is the reason people value love and time.

The beauty of life lies in death itself

If you have immortality, life is never special to you,

If you have endless time, you will never value it

If you do not ever lose anyone, you will never know how much you cared.

The beauty of life lies in death itself. Even when you lose the one you love, in time with death, you will see the beauty that it holds. You will see it in everything around you and in you itself. When you can find this profound connection to everything, that is when you will realize it is the collateral beauty.

So when you are losing someone you love, just make sure you notice the collateral beauty.