Day 80 - The Arms of the One Who Loves You

"I know you're going.  I can't make you stay.  I can only let you know I'll love you anyway.  And if the road you take leads to heartbreak somewhere down the line, if someone ever hurts you or treats your heart unkind, you just run to the arms of the one who loves you.  You just run to these arms and these two arms will keep you warm.  When rain has found your heart, never fear, I'm never far.  You just run to the arms of the who loves you."  I have loved this song since I first heard it in middle school.  This may be due in part to the fact that I have a way of loving people deeply.  This first verse and the chorus speak to a love that is willing to wait, that understands that sometimes, people have to be separated.  Now, the reasons are unclear, but I know that I applied the song to a high school sweetheart when he went away to college.  But the lyrics are versatile enough that it could be any number of occasions and reasons.
"I want you happy.  I want the best for you, and if you have to leave to find your dream, I hope that dream comes true.  But if the world you find brings you hard times, if someone makes you cry, I'll be there to hold you.  I'll be standing by."  This verse almost says parent releasing a child into the world but always being available if things don't work out well.
"My love is strong enough you know, strong enough to let you go.  But I'll always hold you inside my heart.  And if you should ever change your mind, you can come back anytime, and when you do..."  Love that is mature enough to be able to let someone go is a  beautiful, powerful thing.  It is typically free of insecurity and fear that makes people hold tight.  And I appreciate that once you are able to let something go, if it returns to you, you will appreciate it all the more...
Just run to the arms of the one who loves you....
You know, I typed the above and published it, and then I thought about the fact that, while the power of love is a beautiful thing in its strength, this is really a painful song, especially if the circumstances of leaving are not positive....  But even though letting go of someone you love for any reason is a hard task, I hold to the hope that Love itself has a way of sustaining us when our hearts/minds find things tough to deal with.