For me to get through this, I had to at some point acknowledge that I was in a state of longing for the past, the way things used to be. I wasn't living today, in the present.

I was afraid to completely let go because then it would be gone, poof. But it was gone anyway.

Accepting that and really examining the life I have now allowed me to move forward. I have a pretty great life, and when I was able to clear my own fog of "but this is not the life that I had planned," gratitude for that became central to me.

Accepting where I am today, not longing for something that is no more or being anxious about the future. I am all I need.

It's a practice.

Jump into your life feet first. Let H have his, after all, you'll still be in contact, you have the kids in common.

You don't know what the future holds.

Be grateful for today.


Me 57/H 58
M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do.
I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.
Caroline Myss