If I had learned anything from therapy, it was to pay attention to everything that lit a fire inside. Listen. Feel. Tend that flame...
Shortly
after starting my new role, I went back to my therapist and told her: 'It’s been a year since we broke up. I thought my dream job and exercise
would heal me, but I still think about him every day. What more can I
do to let go?'
First,
she told me a story about a man she loved in her early 20s, nearly 50
years ago, whom she still thinks about to this day. Then she said: 'You’re asking the wrong question. It’s not about getting over and
letting go.'
'It’s about honoring what happened,' she said. 'You met a person who
awoke something in you. A fire ignited. The work is to be grateful.
Grateful every day that someone crossed your path and left a mark on
you.' "
--"The 12-Hour Goodbye That Started Everything," by Miriam Johnson, The New York Times
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