PokerInTheRear
Don Juan
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- Nov 23, 2010
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I can't express how hopeless I felt when I realized my marriage was over. It was what I had worked hard for. I built a life, a family, and a future.
What divorce did for me was, it opened my eyes - wide. I realized that I wasn't the slightest bit upset about losing my wife (whom I'd been with for 16 years). It was the loss of the dream - the destination I had reached.
Life is about enjoying the journey. We need to embrace that journey and not seek out the final destination. Why? Because there is no destination. There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
This same line of thought should be applied to our relationships and dealings with women. Too often, we have an image of getting the girl, getting comfortable, and getting married. This is not a knock on marriage, as it has it's place. However, we too often see marriage much like a wide receiver sees the end-zone.
Since the end of my marriage and the subsequent death of the dream I had always held, I have struggled a bit with this question:
If you take marriage out of the equation... If you take the concept of 'owning' one woman out of the mix... If you drop the concept of forever, what do you have left?
The only answer I have found is to be present, free, and enjoy the journey.
What divorce did for me was, it opened my eyes - wide. I realized that I wasn't the slightest bit upset about losing my wife (whom I'd been with for 16 years). It was the loss of the dream - the destination I had reached.
Life is about enjoying the journey. We need to embrace that journey and not seek out the final destination. Why? Because there is no destination. There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
This same line of thought should be applied to our relationships and dealings with women. Too often, we have an image of getting the girl, getting comfortable, and getting married. This is not a knock on marriage, as it has it's place. However, we too often see marriage much like a wide receiver sees the end-zone.
Since the end of my marriage and the subsequent death of the dream I had always held, I have struggled a bit with this question:
If you take marriage out of the equation... If you take the concept of 'owning' one woman out of the mix... If you drop the concept of forever, what do you have left?
The only answer I have found is to be present, free, and enjoy the journey.