Divorce equals loss - of hopes, dreams and plans - and finding peace with that is hard enough. How wise to bring to light when it can be a choice to move forward, how being tangled up with too many negative emotions that are far from peace can blind us from letting it go, letting it be. Glad to be back. Insightful and fun, making me think and smile.
Thank you, Leon, as always I appreciate your reading and commenting. In this conflicted world, we need to value peace and think about what we can sacrifice to live it. And have some fun along the way!
Great read. Love the cadence and straight forward words. Seems like divorce has circled my whole life when I finally closed the circle by getting divorced myself.
The price of peace? Different for everyone I'd guess. I don't know what mine was, maybe I can't remember or maybe I don't want to. Once it was finalized some relief was had. Peace on the other hand did not come swift wing. It was and is an internal journey ongoing.
Your piece reminds me I have some peace, a new life and new wife and hopefully new mistakes and new success.
The price of peace, maybe just dropping the bags carried from the disjointed journey of splitting your life in so many pieces. Took a lot of bags to carry my shit .
What a thoughtful and open response to the poem, thank you so much. Yes, figuring out the price of peace us very much an an individual process and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. In divorce, as you experienced, attaining external peace (the ending of the divorce conflict) allows one to breathe and move forward. It does not solve the problem of inner peace. That is a separate process and a difficult one. Letting go of your bag of rocks is a huge part of that journey. But understanding what was in those bags, and why you carried them so long, and how they affected you and your loved ones, is vital to full healing. I am so glad you have been able to experience a new relationship and appreciate the blessings it brings. Keep working! I know that in this aspect, we all have to be lifelong learners.
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Divorce equals loss - of hopes, dreams and plans - and finding peace with that is hard enough. How wise to bring to light when it can be a choice to move forward, how being tangled up with too many negative emotions that are far from peace can blind us from letting it go, letting it be. Glad to be back. Insightful and fun, making me think and smile.
Yes, peace is a choice! And worth a lot if currency, whether that is money or pride or principle or other roadblocks to moving on and letting it go.
Wise, profound - and expressed creatively, dynamically, enjoyably........!
Thank you, Leon, as always I appreciate your reading and commenting. In this conflicted world, we need to value peace and think about what we can sacrifice to live it. And have some fun along the way!
Great read. Love the cadence and straight forward words. Seems like divorce has circled my whole life when I finally closed the circle by getting divorced myself.
The price of peace? Different for everyone I'd guess. I don't know what mine was, maybe I can't remember or maybe I don't want to. Once it was finalized some relief was had. Peace on the other hand did not come swift wing. It was and is an internal journey ongoing.
Your piece reminds me I have some peace, a new life and new wife and hopefully new mistakes and new success.
The price of peace, maybe just dropping the bags carried from the disjointed journey of splitting your life in so many pieces. Took a lot of bags to carry my shit .
What a thoughtful and open response to the poem, thank you so much. Yes, figuring out the price of peace us very much an an individual process and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. In divorce, as you experienced, attaining external peace (the ending of the divorce conflict) allows one to breathe and move forward. It does not solve the problem of inner peace. That is a separate process and a difficult one. Letting go of your bag of rocks is a huge part of that journey. But understanding what was in those bags, and why you carried them so long, and how they affected you and your loved ones, is vital to full healing. I am so glad you have been able to experience a new relationship and appreciate the blessings it brings. Keep working! I know that in this aspect, we all have to be lifelong learners.