"She had never understood either of the men she had loved and so she had lost them both. Now, she had a fumbling knowledge that, had she ever understood Ashley, she would never have loved him; had she ever understood Rhett, she would never have lost him. She wondered forlornly if she had ever really understood anyone in the world."
"Don’t settle because you’re afraid you won’t find something better. Don’t compromise because you don’t want to be alone. Give your perfect life, lover and job time and space to grow into our life. Don’t rush, don’t hurry. Take your time, be easy, have patience. Allow everything to come to you with your subtle guiding and intending. Your days of constant chasing with little reward are over. Everything you’ve ever wanted and more coming to you, you just have to let it in with love, receptivity and non-judgment. Letting it in is how you become it."
12 hour work day (no lunch, of course). 6 days into my 17 day wait for an urgent-but-not-quite-ER-urgent medical issue associated with lots of discomfort. Plus major cramps (continuing today). Plus breaking up with the guy who I had thought was perfect, who I had been crazy about and told my family that I could see spending the rest of my life with. A draining conclusion to a rough couple weeks.
I’m contemplating staying in bed all day, but I know that’s not going to make anything hurt less. I just wish I could be numb, just for a little.