Saturday, 27 November 2021

Keep Your Emotional Self Intact!

Have you heard this one by Janis Joplin: Janis Joplin - Ball & Chain - Monterey Pop - YouTube

I don't think singers like her come around too often :). I believe she just put every ounce of emotion inside her out there :).

Although I must add that I think people allow themselves to get too hurt emotionally over breakups. There are several possible scenarios:

If one feels that one has been conned from the start, then obviously there's anger. So express that anger, let the other person know how you feel. But don't allow yourself to get emotionally devastated. It's not worth it. Move on in your life.

But sometimes, well, relationships fall apart despite all sincerity, things just don't work out despite both people giving it their best. There can be severe personality differences, extremely different viewpoints on some matters that are centrally important to both of you. This can happen sometimes. If it does, again, let each other go in peace, with goodwill. Preserve your friendship if you can. And again, protect yourself emotionally :). I can't emphasize this enough. Don't allow yourself to get emotionally broken. It's not worth it. Move on. Move on.

I also invite you to see the movie "The Bridges of Madison County".

This is a very thought provoking movie about love, marriage and relationships.

My thoughts: Many internal conflicts, both depicted in the movie and in our lives, would cease to exist if we understand that just as there is something called falling in love, there is also the possibility of falling out of love. With time we grow, we change, and sometimes what felt right at some point in the past may not feel right now or at some time in the future. Growing up ourselves, and raising our children, with this honesty is far more true, far more real, in my book than the notions of love and marriage we are stuck to today.

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