Amazing, isn't it?
Time has passed; you've walked away from an event, a relationship, a job loss, a death...and you've gotten to a point where you t hink you are fine, you are totally normal, and you can handle with grace and aplomb whatever comes next.
How wrong can you possibly be?
What I myself have been completely and utterly disregarding is the fact that your history (or baggage, some may say) is part and parcel of who you are. Sad, but true. The death of a loved one changes you forever. Being fired or laid off certainly effects your self esteem and general well being. A betrayal by a partner can leave you full of bitterness and self loathing.
And yet we like to think we can simply "get over it". You can't. In order to move on, you have to accept those things, absorb those lessons or feelings or thoughts or instincts, and make them part of who you are.
I can't help but wonder if my own absorption of life's lessons doesn't somehow cripple me?
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