Re: Thank you for this...

You have control over your pain. When you
no longer need it, you will lay it down
and move forward. I have loved and loved
well which means there is always pain
involved when you come to the fork in the
path and life tears you apart. My motto
is generally to have no regrets and I do
not. I have made plenty of mistakes and
could divine all kinds of what ifs and
imaginings, or even fed myself the hopes
and wishes my friends had for me over
relationships where they thought someone
was perfect for me. I actually even met
a soul mate after my marriage was over.
Cut from the same cloth I imagine, we
thought alike, touched alike...and yet
something in me pushed him away. I could
hate myself for it but deep down I do
not and realize that if I were to be
with him, by God, I would be. I hope
ahead in my life, I will enjoy many more
friendships, loves, and feel that if you
wish this, it is also there for you.
You must want it and be available to
recognize it, even if at first, it is
only opening to loving yourself. In
loving yourself, you become beautiful
to those around you. Let nothing surprise
you, least of all love, wherever it may
find you. Treasure your memories but
like old photographs realize they can
remind you of the past but are merely
reflections of it and the love you
once nurtured there. If I have learned
anything in my life, it is that you can
love more than one person. Each is
unique and each at the time, I would
trade for no other. Not all were destined
to last, but for the time we shared, I
did put my heart into it.

Learn to trust yourself and give up longing
for living.

blessings & best wishes,
Zoe

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