You have a very lovely way of putting the necessary components of healing into words and analogies.
Betrayal, rejection, cruelty, and loss from those we trusted and loved and committed ourselves to are very difficult feelings and actions to come to terms with.
I often think, (ruminate?) on similar topics. I much less eloquently have been likening the trying to understand my ex to trying to understand a serial killer. And projecting my own feelings of love, empathy, morals, and logic onto one. Kind of a waste no?
Thank you for your reflections. They are always filled with depth, and wisdom.
