Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Changing horses in the middle of the stream

Dan Fogelberg sings that song and it applies to zillions of folks. I was married to a guy who changed jobs like he changed his socks. Never satisfied with any of them. I was married to another guy who changed women the same way. Marriage after marriage, and peppering it with girlfriends all along the way. I know there are no rules here, we make them up as we go. Yet I will say this, my friend Chuck and his beautiful wife Sharon are having their 50 year anniversary here soon and the love, the trust, the respect and the unbridled joy these two share is truly amazing to see and feel.  My yogi Jan said, in the end of your life together, those who endured the changes by not giving up or giving in to the temptation of abandonment, end up with the sweetest of all loves!! She is there with her husband and shares that love of commitment with us all in her happy nature and with her loving spirit. Before you abandon ship, think it through. If you really loved someone once, it is still there somewhere. Find it, figure it out, forgive and forget, get help.. There will be peace when we say we are sorry we ditched. To have someone in your life who really gets you, good and not so good is the best that love offers here and worth every minute you put in to it. You can run, but you will just keep running, changing horses in the middle of the stream means you are just going to get wet! 

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