 Re: Higher Road
Thanks Darren, I appreciate it. I've been miserable the past 2 weeks...To the point where I was just a body doing a routine...Nothing excited me or made me smile, and today I took action and said no, you cant live like this. The situation sucks, and its the most sad experience I've ever had in my life, but it is what it is, and you have to accept the things you cannot change. It was so hurtful for her to ignore me. I could accept if she no longer wanted to be with me, as hard as it was...But for her to just ignore me was mean spirited...I guess i'm just happy it happened now, opposed to down the line, potentially with a family.
As much as she has destroyed me, I have forgiven her, and I feel like I have taken the higher road as the title says...I think that is what makes a man. It's not about how strong you are or how many girls you screw or how many beers you can drink...It's these emotional and personal situations that can change your life, which set the course to true manhood in my opinion.
Something that really helped me was a quote from "Wildreness Survival", by Tom Brown Jr.
"NOW LIVING" - "Next time you're worried about something, practice "being here now". First, notice how your mind jumps to the past and the future like a drunken monkey, wasting precious time and energy. Then begin to harness your concentration. Imagine yourself incapable of seeing yesterday or tomorrow. Enjoy the moment for what it is."
Anyways, again...Thanks for reading. |