After getting some closure I needed, I took a long drive home.
I never found driving frustrating. It’s meditative.
Too many contemplative songs later, I started to look back on my past relationships. Although they ended, they were each successful failures. But I had no real feeling about the rough stuff. I started laughing as I immediately went to the good stuff.
I thought about how one called me Beauty, and still does to this day. For someone to think you epitomize that – what an honor.
I couldn’t feel the rough stuff like I recall the good stuff.
I thought about how another and I went to 3 amusement parks in one weekend. Riding coasters over and over, we opened and closed each park.
I couldn’t feel the rough stuff like I recall the good stuff.
I thought about how my first date with one love lasted 72 hours. We were two conversationalists with nearly nothing in common, so everything was interesting.
I couldn’t feel the rough stuff like I recall the good stuff.
Two decades of dating history, and I’ve never been sorry. I laughed at the memories, and I sent warm thoughts to the men who walked with me for a while, no matter the distance.
The good stuff feels too good to dwell in the rough stuff. The rough stuff gets heavier to carry as you move forward, so letting it go can help you go the distance.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley