Four women
I spoke with a friend who is battling herself, her ties to her philandering husband and desire for the young casanova who is playing cat and mouse. “I can’t help myself, I keep texting him even when he doesn’t answer,” she told me.
I spoke with an acquaintance who said she finally ditched the boyfriend who won’t kiss on the mouth and is now obsessed with the one who got away. “I am stalking him on Facebook, I don’t know why,” she told me.
I spoke with a long-time friend who said she attended a conference and stalked her ex- married lover and got just this close. “I can’t help it, I just wanted to see if he was still wearing his wedding ring,” she told me.
I spoke to myself about this time with Tatjana gone for two weeks I am acknowledging how much I miss her when she’s gone and yet looking forward to the space of being alone. Neither feeling scares me, I tell myself.
“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.”
Marianne Williams.