Hold on Tightly...Let go Lightly

"Some people walk into your life and quickly go. Some people walk into your life and leave footprints on your heart, and you are never the same"

I would change the second line to read: ˆsome people walk into your life, take a piece of your heart, and share a part of their soul"

Now, to the quandary of the moment: "Hold on tightly; Let go lightly"- I had been reading this as two phrases regarding the same relationship/memory. I realized tonight that they are almost oposite sides of a spectrum of "good" that we accumulate throughout life - there are certain people who may "leave footprints" (whether good or bad) and these are enough for the necessary moments of nostalgia that keep all the chaotic fragments connected. Basically, when the time comes to let go, do it with the eloquence, and mutual respect that the situation warrants, and know what to expect on both ends and how to move forward.
Other people don't pass through to leave footprins, but they stay and fundementally change you- they give you something (not "transient" footprints that may (likely) fade over time, but imprints that last) as they simultaneously take a part of you- These people are the precious few, for whom "holding on tightly" is not only important in terms of fearing loss, but essential in that they have become part of you, significantly contributing to your own self-identification and self-appreciation as well as the love for the other.