It’s not the dying, it’s the saying goodbye to you…
For Dino’s birthday last month, I had special people over for dinner who have intimately known my life since he and my Mom passed.
That night, the invitation was to bring a written piece about life or death to share.
Mine had one main theme to it and this is a partial share below, maybe you’ll resonate with the sentiment ~
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“I am not afraid to die, it’s just that one devastating moment of saying goodbye…to you.
How could this be over for us, for our friendship and for our great love affair already?
This is why I will die…because emotionally I will not ::ever:: be done loving you.”
Feel this about your relationships or want to feel this way?
Lean in. Even if it hurts, and especially when it does, lean in.
Clear your own bullsh*t (best thing you can do for your relationships). Know everyone is doing as much as they know how with what they have emotionally available to them. Have the conversations. Give people a second and a third chance. And also, let them go.
Let’s make it hurt at the end for only this reason ~ because we have so fully loved.