Over and Over Again

[catelin]

It pains me, as much as it is a great relief, to find that I am becoming more and more practical when it comes to affairs of the heart. That great cold winter taught me well. Taught me that I can get through breaking even my own heart to do the right thing when I realize that it needs to be done. The ending of things still has the inevitable sting, but I have such a greater sense of movement these days...of how this time--now--will pass and soon things will be different in ways I have yet to even contemplate. New love will come, just like spring. I am lucky that way, and still so very grateful for all of my life's seasons.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_riomaggiore/]

like the rings in a tree, the growing patterns are marked forever...as the next cycle occurs. it's only when we look back and see... ciao!

[hellnation.livejournal.com]

this is the BEST one yet.

love to you
h xo

[harriet-m-welsh.livejournal.com]

I hope someday I can find that kind of comfort and confidence in myself.

[cianxylona.livejournal.com]

aaah...

thank you for the reminder that seasons return and return.

i still cannot see the clearing ahead...for all these trees.

[sasayaku.livejournal.com]

By chance have you ever read the book "Women who run with the wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes? It is about fairytales interpreted through Jung's psychology and how they relate to special phases in the lives of women. Your wisdom reminds me of hers- "let die what has to die, let grow what has to grow".

[mockngbirdgirl.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wish that I could go back to the Emily of before and just whisper in her ear while she was sleeping some of the lessons I've learned, just to make things easier...to make it less painful. And then I wonder if I would be who I am today if she had that advantage then.

Breaking one's one heart in order to live within one's own integrity is quite possibly one of the most courageous things someone can do. I wish you strength and love in all forms.

[notwolf.livejournal.com]

th' ending of things is fertilizer, ain't it?

[rogue-buddha.livejournal.com]

We make our world significant by the courage of our questions, and the depth of our answers.

[nandan.livejournal.com]

I guess it will. I'll look forward to reading about it, and just about how you get on, in the coming spring.

We had both apple blossoms and snow today.