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That’s actually not bad advice when it comes to life. Sometimes, you get hit hard and fast by a crushing wave, and your first instinct is to fight it, even when you know nothing can be done. You’ll save yourself a whole lot of trouble by just going with the flow.
I only told you about that so you’ll understand the importance of going with the flow in life and the wisdom of not getting too attached to anything with an expiration date — pets and humans included.
“Sometimes when a person is too close to a situation, we see what we want to, instead of what is real,”
But, honestly, how can I throw away the six years I’ve invested in a man who is normally a very stable and terrific partner? Just because he ditched me on our wedding day like a total coward?
I don’t think I've ever had anyone who thought taking care of me was anything more than a burden.”
You know that feeling you get when you're on your last day of a vacation and you have to go home even though every cell in your body is screaming ‘never go back to that horrible place where responsibility is waiting,’ and it just sucks knowing there’s nothing you can do but finish packing and start the long, dull trip home where you’ll commence your usual soul-sucking routine that you used to think was pretty great until you discovered something so much better was out there?
giving up someone you know inside and out and someone who cared for you for a long time is never easy. Even when it's right.
(because let’s be honest, my upper body strength is enough to lift a wine bottle in each hand, not enough to lift an entire adult-sized human onto a boat, even if that human is me).
