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Putting hope on a shelve is good advice. Right now it is tucked away next to the expectation box.

Had a long talk with a very dear friend of mine tonight. I will be going back to the gym tomorrow and calling my advisor to get back on track with my school. Sometime before I turn 40 I will have my Masters and it is frustrating that this whole sitch got me out of that. I will go back to school starting soon and hopefully be done with that sometime next year.

Thanks for sticking around you always have some encouragement and words of advice to throw my way.

I LOVE all kinds of music and for some reason recently I have been on my Dean Martin Kick. So I will leave you guys with this song.

It always reminds me of my dearest friend. Hope one day she reads it on this post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGJLMZUj_QU


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I love the old crooner stuff. I have a lot on vinyl. Sounds great "proper." wink


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Doing great, 2step!

The hardest part will be to open up to love again, with whomever, in the future.

First part... love thy self... you are well on your way there...

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Definitely focus on you. Go back to school. Take care of you and D. Get to the gym.

She needs time to heal and so do you. Little to no contact usually helps with the first part of that, the detachment and taking care of yourself.

Keep moving forward alone.

She will either catch up or she won't. Her choice.

Your life will be great either way!


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Originally Posted By: 2stepboogie
Thanks 9

Putting hope on a shelve is good advice. Right now it is tucked away next to the expectation box.

Had a long talk with a very dear friend of mine tonight. I will be going back to the gym tomorrow and calling my advisor to get back on track with my school. Sometime before I turn 40 I will have my Masters and it is frustrating that this whole sitch got me out of that. I will go back to school starting soon and hopefully be done with that sometime next year.

Thanks for sticking around you always have some encouragement and words of advice to throw my way.

I LOVE all kinds of music and for some reason recently I have been on my Dean Martin Kick. So I will leave you guys with this song.

It always reminds me of my dearest friend. Hope one day she reads it on this post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGJLMZUj_QU


f'ing awesome 2Step!! LOVE Dean Martin!!!

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W moves out of home 11/2010
Roller coaster from hell 2/2011-5/2012
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There’s only one kind of love that can fill us up, make us whole, and give us the happiness we all want: unconditional love or true love. It is unconditional love that we all seek, and somehow we intuitively realize that anything other than that kind of love isn’t really love at all—it’s an imitation of the real thing.

Unconditional love—true love—is so different from the kind of love most of us have known all our lives that it deserves both a name—Real Love—and definition of its own: Real Love is caring about the happiness of another person without any thought for what we might get for ourselves. It’s also Real Love when other people care about our happiness unconditionally. It is not Real Love when other people like us for doing what they want. Under those conditions we’re just paying for love again. We can be certain that we’re receiving Real Love only when we make foolish mistakes, when we fail to do what other people want, and even when we get in their way, but they don’t feel disappointed or irritated at us. That is Real Love (true unconditional love), and that love alone has the power to heal all wounds, bind people together, and create relationships quite beyond our present capacity to imagine.

When you feel enough of the unconditional love of others, you'll have the most important treasure in life. The wounds of the past will heal—wounds caused by insufficient Real Love—and you'll feel whole and happy. As your emptiness and fear are eliminated by Real Love, you'll simply have no need to use Getting and Protecting Behaviors. Without those behaviors, you'll find relationships with others relatively effortless and will begin finding the happiness you've always wanted.


It is important to understand that as much as you may wish, you simply cannot control another person's thoughts or feelings. Even if you feel they are unjustly ending the relationship or you do not see any logic in their choice, they possess the freewill to do with their life as they wish. It is sometimes enormously painful to accept this fact, especially if you feel you have given so much of yourself to this other person. When they choose to walk away from you, you may feel a very strong craving to stop the progress of their actions. When feeling that you deserve something from this person, it can cause you to behave in very improper way. This behavior is detrimental to your emotional wellbeing.

There is no debate regarding the poignant pain that is involved in a breakup or divorce. There is not a magic way to completely stop the misery you will feel from the loss of this person. However, there is a way to control these feelings. No amount of pleading, begging or bribery can change how a person feels about you. Once you accept this fact, you can then move on to take actions to behave dignified and accept the end of the relationship with your esteem intact.


When pleading with another person to "begin loving you again", you are setting yourself up for disaster. You cannot talk someone into loving you. You may be a wonderful, caring, kind and compassionate person, however if someone who was in your life does not feel they want continue the relationship, you cannot force them. You already must deal with the loss of the relationship. Love is a choice of freewill. To beg, plead or otherwise, will only lead to feeling defeated once again.

It is exceedingly difficult indeed, to control the desire to reach out to the person who left you. When you are so used to conversations with them or seeing this person everyday, it will throw your world upside-down when you must deal with a sudden end of communication and a physical connection. Realizing that calling the person, trying to "accidentally run into them" or other means of contact is futile, you must learn to distance yourself. This must be done in the name of self-respect.


It is one of the most frequently used clichés when a relationship ends; however, time does heal all wounds. When using the term "heal" this does not mean that you forget this person forever. It does not mean that you will live the rest of your life without this person's name or image appearing in your mind. It does mean that given a certain amount of time, the image and memories of this person will fade.

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Unconditional Love has it's foundation in forgiveness...

and...

Holistic Unconditional Love has a prerequisite: Unconditional Love of self

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Great post 2step. Unconditional love is very, very difficult to give to another... but it is also very, very difficult to walk away from.

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Wow, 2step, this post was so incredibly powerful. It sums up pretty much everything I've been feeling since January. Thank you.


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H: 33
M: 3 1/2 years, together 6 years
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Indeed a great post 2step. Where is the thank you button?


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M:04/97
3 Bombs & 2 ReCons
1st BD 11/10
D Finalized 4/20
D-16 S-14
Going in one more round when you don't think you can. That's what makes all the difference in life.~Rocky Balboa
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