Absence makes the heart gain wonder

When you are obsessed with something or someone. When you love a certain film or person. You want nothing else. You just want to taste, see or listen to that special something. You just want to be in that special someone's company. You don't want that song or film to stop. You dont want that plate or glass to go empty. You dont want that amazing person to leave. You want nothing else.

Or so you think. Until the glass goes empty, the plate is clear, the film ends, the song stops, or your favourite person leaves, and you have time to think... As time goes by - for some it may be minutes, for some it may be hours, for others it may be days - time begins to reveal itself as a prolific teacher. A teacher showing you why you like that glass of wine, that film or that person so much. A teacher showing you why it may be good not to have your favourite things or be with your favourite people all the time. A teacher showing you the hidden gift of absence. Because in that time and in that space removed from your favourite something or someone- in that absence - you get to rediscover the original reason for your wonder, awe and adoration of your favourite something or someone.

And when you realise why you like what you like so much. And when you realise why you love whom you love so much, you will be filled with wonder, awe and adoration. The same kind of wonder( if not more) as the wonder you experienced the first time you saw that film, heard that song, tasted that wine. The same kind of wonder( if not more) as the wonder you experienced the first time you met the one you love. You will be greatful for absence. You will be humbled by absence. You will have a much deeper respect for absence. But most of all, your heart will have grown fonder, and you will have gained wonder.