Recently it seems like I'm surrounded by people rediscovering who they are or redefining who they want to be. Perhaps you're escaping to Paris to reconnect with the city where your love story really began, not to mention a family, to see if the City of Lights can tell you what comes next. Or perhaps you're testing the waters of parenthood and a relationship that allows you to be more yourself than the one you thought would last so much longer than it did. Or perhaps you're feeling so relieved and free that the simple act of moving into an apartment of your own feels more like a vacation resort. You recently won your first argument in years, even if it was just one between you and yourself. Maybe you're redecorating a house with all the pretty things you love so much but have been without for years? If there is no "us" in your relationship, then at least now you have a place to really be your "me." Maybe you're about to marry and finally begin a life together with your soul mate? You're just counting down the days. Or perhaps you recently admitted that your soul mate and you have drifted too far apart?
I'm surrounded by people who are redefining their lives and it has significantly impacted my own thoughts. Each person and each situation is a little reminder for me to step back and examine my own life. Who am I? Where do I want to be? I think everyone needs to confirm they're on the right path every now and then. Thankfully I keep coming back to the same answers...
I am N!ffer. I am my husband's wife. I am the mother of my children. I am exactly where I want to be.
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Excellent Post!
It's funny, we really don't redefine or rediscover. We actually define and discover for our entire lives. There are always parts of our past and present that will shape our future selves.
Reed, I love what you just wrote: "we really don't redefine or rediscover. We actually define and discover for our entire lives."
I just read that people who get divorced spike divorce rates among their friends. I wonder if it's because it's common to peek at others' trials and reevaluate our own... ask if we're happy. It's good that you do ask these things, and that your answers consistently point to where you already are. Sometimes contentment seems rare.
Interesting. I had never heard that divorce initiates more divorces among friends, but I can totally understand that one. Considering we're happily married and have no desire to move into a different house, we've talked a lot about divorce and real estate recently. lol.
Have you either of you seen that with your group of friends?
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