A quote from Joseph Campbell goes like this: “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.”
I was holding on so tight that I never wanted to let go. But that wasn’t getting me anywhere except further behind. We are meant to pick up the pieces and move forward.
If I had died first and had to watch him not being able to enjoy the rest of his life, I would be in a grievous state. Looking at it that way, I realize that I have not been fair to him.
I have not honored his memory by building something good out of what we had together. I have just been throwing it away, feeling sorry for myself because I didn’t have it anymore.
I am grateful for what we had together; it is time I started acting like it.
I will take the light from those wonderful memories, and use it to light my path into the future.
I will be grateful for, and make the most of, every day of my life from here on in.
