KatyLied
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Joined: 2/24/2005 From: Pennsylvania Status: offline
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Nah - to me closure is needing to understand what happened. Needing to cut apart every thing and examine it until the relationship that failed makes sense. Okay, I understand that, I used to be the same way. And I always thought I was to blame, just how I look at things. If I were more ____ (fill in the blank, prettier, smarter, thinner, richer, etc) then he would want me. Then I realized that to think and obsess about the other person was to allow him authority over my thoughts and entry into my life. Giving authority to someone who didn't choose me or whom I didn't choose to be with, that seems silly to me. Another plan -- make a ritual to say goodbye that doesn't include the other person directly. Toss letters or pictures, write something in your journal, delete his phone number, etc. Then promise yourself that you are now moving on.
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