Grace, Love, Compassion, and Faith - Good Stuff

[aeolianchaos]

Hey Val,

Everything you said made sense to me, and from your perspective on things I can understand how you would feel the way that you are feeling.

I think you experienced a real moment of self-confrontation there, and those can be painful. But lets face it - even acknowledging those things exist can only come from a good place in you.

So you take another step in your journey to becoming the woman you want to become. It never ends, so embrace that and be happy your feet are moving in the right direction.

Love is, as you note, a choice. And there are so many ways of thinking about love.. so many. And so many things we call love that are really about something else. Can they all exist together? I think so, if we recognize them for what they are.

And so much responsibility for that choice lies within us. Maybe you and your W never reconnect.. but perhaps the strength to love her outside of how it relates to you gives you the power to more fully love all, and in turn more fully love someone in the future. It seems to me that one thing is clear, you DO want to love.

You are growing - maybe you aren't where you thought you were just yet but that's no reason not to keep going.