Clear and crisp. Cut and dried. Sorted. Settled. Resolved. Nice words, aren't they? I understand how dearly you want to hear them - or to be able to say them - in connection with a matter that is driving you to the edge of exasperation. I dearly wish that I could promise you such an outcome. Actually, I can, though not in the immediate future. First, a process must play itself out. Specially when you are dealing with something that, one way or another, you are going to have to learn to live with. That's really not as impossible as it sounds.
How much excitement do you want? How many intense emotional experiences do you feel you need? Do you have to get caught up in some great drama? Must you deal with problem after problem? Sorry to ask all these questions, but then questions themselves can be so very destabilising. As soon as we start to ask them, we begin to chip away at whatever is making us feel most stable and secure. You can't just ignore an unsatisfactory situation, but nor do you have to give it your full attention right now Imagine if one day we all wake up to find we are living in an ideal world. A new dawn, a new deal, a new Jerusalem (let's hope it's more peaceful than the old one). Will anything really be different? Well, it will be for you because, whilst your situation remains far from ideal, you are at the start of a big turning point in your emotional journey. You may have your doubts and reservations but you can put some faith in what's changing. It's not the start of a new and ide...
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