The more things change, the more things change. I have to take a minute and congratulate a very good friend of mine for closing a chapter in her life in order to make room for a new chapter. It seems that like me, she was watching her twenties pass her by as she simultaneously waited for change to happen and dreaded the minute it would happen. She and her man-friend ended a seven year relationship--although they had broken up many many times over the seven years, this to her felt different as it was an agreed, respectful, and loving end to a great love. When you love somebody more than you love yourself, you suffer, you break, you lose sight, you watch your life pass you by.
She bravely is closing the door to that masochist comfort in order to explore a new world where she is living not for another person, but for herself giving herself permission to live up to her limitless potential. She is a talented, intelligent, and strategic individual who can do anything she puts her mind to. Now that she has released herself from the invisible chains of love, she can start living.
As she and I talked about last night, coming to the realization (finally) that our lives were not solely meant to be about men and relationships and love, opens us up to the possibility that we were meant to do more. I don't know quite what that more is at the moment, but I am very excited to find out. :)
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