What chalks taught me about relationships

 

Chalks for me are symbolic of the complexity of relationships and emotional turmoil. Sometimes we learn from not just our experiences, the people we meet but also from inaminate objects. I rembemember the night I was using the chalkboard to draw a diagram important for my examination the next day, and suddenly the broken pieces of chalk left me with rather interesting insights: 

1. Relationships are like a piece of chalk, extremely fragile and have to be handled with care so to avoid them breaking off. This not only implies romantic relationships but also friendships and other important connections that we form throughout our life. Too much pressure can eventually lead to them breaking apart. 

2. Some things are better off apart than together. You know how sometimes a big piece of chalk when used to write on the board makes a loud shrieky noise or doesnt write that well until it eventually breaks off. Once you began to write with the small broken piece of chalk it may be inconvinient but it sure writes smoothly. 

3. When relationships break apart or we lose people dear to us, we may be a mess - symbolic of the dust that the leaves after use. Every moment of our lives we may feel as if everything is crumbling and falling apart and the emotional turmoil may shatter us to the extent that we might never be able to function normally until we shift our perspective - change the piece of chalk our starting working on ourselves again. 

4. In just the same way we want the chalk to remain together and smooth forever, it takes a lot of effort to keep our relationships strong and together. The fact that it may break apart does not mean we should feel disheartened, but rather that we should keep writing regardless. In the same way, no matter how dear a relationship is to us, we must continue down our own path and take our own journey when it ends. Although I know it's easier said than done, let's at least try.