Saturday, November 6, 2010

Letting go is not a one-time thing

This week I found out the following:

Letting go is not a one time thing. It is something you have to do over and over again, everyday.

I came across a woman who got divorced and re-married. She divorced her ex-husband because he had other women. She was routinely miserable.

A couple of years later, she found someone - someone she was very compatible with. She is happier than ever (:

Six years after her divorce, she ran into her ex-husband.

Although ultimately she knows she's in a much better place 10 times over and her first marriage is in fact non-existent, her natural first reaction is to feel pain.

And although in the last 4 years, she has been blissfully happy in her current marriage, she had to take a deep breath and let go (again).

Time does not heal all wounds. With time, your pain can be reduced and you're able to move forward with your life, but there can be a scar left behind. Healing and letting go is an on-going process. Letting go is definitely not a one time deal.

You must consciously remind yourself to let go and move forward.

Letting go is not a one time thing. It is something you have to do over and over again, everyday.

1 comment:

EFranke said...

Yes it is and I agree with you 110%! It's been over 3 years now when I found out that my husband cheated on me and up to this day, there's a deep pain lingering around inside me. I have been trying to let go since then but everytime I see him, it opens up the wound that he inflicted.