If I wasn't able to forgive, I don't know if I would ever have known this love that I am receiving now.
As a matter of fact, my husband and I were not living together much of this summer. Now, we will be celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary.
Love is a primary food that we all desire. When I am not receiving the love that I want and deserve, I over eat. Plain and simple. Now, that I am in a better place with my relationship, I crave less.
Primary food consists of .... career (or volunteer work), loving relationships, physical activity and some type of spiritual belief... whatever that means to you. If you are in balance with all of the "primary" foods, you will have more balance in the foods that you actually eat. So, I ask you to pay attention to your relationships with exercise, loving relationships, career and God. Does one need to be fed more?
I found your blog via Maureen Halnon Wheeler's FB page. The experience you relate here is so similar to my recent own recent experience that I could have written this very blog post myself! It's amazing. But yes - I agree with every word. I wish you and your husband every happiness moving forward. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much! We still have a lot to learn and to let go...
ReplyDeletegreat writing, Heidi! You expressed it so well.
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I agree with you, Heidi! If we do not get the nourishment we need (physical, emotional, in a relationship and/or spiritual) we sometimes respond in unhealthy or excessive ways. Been there, done that! My favorite tool for helping this is to sit with the void without trying to fix or fill it. It is uncomfortable but the deepest, best part of me will respond with a way to find a solution with balance. Happy Anniversary and hoping you can not only fix the cracks but take your relationship to an even deeper level.
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