Friday, July 9, 2010

Again - It is what it is....and Never say Never.

Heartbreak happens to all of us. Often the pain that wounds us most deeply also leaves the most enduring mark upon us. Yet the heart does have a fond feel and a respect regardless. Breaking up is not the case here it's a time for me to return back out west. And one does regard things towards the end, no I don't just think one but I think both do take things into account. Yet there is and when that day happens there really is no easy way by two that do have ....................feelings.

Heartbreak happens to all of us and can wash over us like a heavy rain. When experiencing a broken heart, our ethereal selves are saturated with grief, and the overflow is channeled into the physical body. Loss becomes a physical emptiness, and longing is transmuted into a feeling that often cannot be put into words. Mending a broken heart can seem a task so monumental that we dare not attempt it for fear of damaging ourselves further. But heartbreak, like all emotions, falls under the spell of our conscious influence.

Often the pain that wounds us most deeply also leaves the most enduring mark upon us. The shock that becomes the tender, throbbing ache of the heart eventually leads us down the path of enlightenment, blessing our lives with a new depth and richness. 

Acknowledging heartbreak's impermanence by no means dulls its sting for it is the sting itself that stimulates healing. The pain is letting us know that we need to pay attention to our emotional selves, to sit with our feelings and be in them fully before we can begin to heal. It is said that time heals all wounds. Time may dull the pain of a broken heart, but it is fully feeling your pain and acknowledging it that will truly help you heal. Dealing with your heartache in a healthy way rather than putting it off for tomorrow is the key to repair. Gentleness more than anything else is called for. Most important, open yourself to the possibility of loving, trusting, and believing again. When, someday soon, you emerge from the cushion of your grief, you will see that the universe did not cease to be as you nursed your broken heart. You emerge on the other side of the mending, stronger for all you have experienced.

I am not sure that my heart is broke, I think more so two people just started to understand each other and who they are and what they are all about and to say good bye definitely is again a time to say hello. So I shall be flying out not on Monday but on Tuesday and to say this goodbye right now seemingly has brought the best out of us. Yet to say goodbye is to say again hello. One thing I can say is that I have easily placed on a few good pounds here with the food within the restaurants ( I knew French but not as fast and as good to ............well yeah I get by)......

The restaurants are something to say the least. Literally. Food I have had so much food I think most would envy me from out west. While they are eating meat and patatoes - kidding aside I am just getting into my stride of writing after all of this. Most of you have had the respect to understand and so on. For which I thank you. There are some really good things that have happened while I was here as well as the composition of pictures that I took this week.

 

 

27 comments:

  1. Now I begin to understand when you said Quebec, while I thought it was the west.

    While always painful, sometimes these experiences can become a part of a deeper and wiser person. Disappointment and the loss of something anticipated and hoped-for hurts, and I'm sorry to hear of your pain. From the little I know you, I believe you'll incorporate it and emerge, as you say, stronger for the experience.

    Peace, friend.

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  2. When a person is touched by grief and loss, they will never be the same again. When the fog lifts, we emerge, changed, hopefully for the better. Stronger.

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  3. pain is a sign that something is wrong---hurting--on the other hand ---is a sign that we are alive----hurting lets us know that we are connected---that we are emotional beings who share----who understand--who tolerate and who grow-----none of us are here by hapenstance but rather by design-----we be.............and in being we live...............................

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  4. It's all been good however as the rain is finally come I have been here Joanne and you live a learn and there has been much more that we have realized as of today. Mind she went and bought three pairs of shoes, and I have been cleaning off things around here but it's a good experience I am not sure that experience really is the right word but we both know as of today actually right after lunch that there was far more to things - mind you she always me "dear I didn't get what you said" and although she is bilingual so often we miss out on what we really do mean. So we live - we learn, and frankly we come to understanding the most important things after the story is geographically ended or periodically.


    Yet she is a heck of a great one. I will say that :) Although I don't know half the things she is talking about nor the things she wishes for me to do. Is it culture? No I don't think so I think we have come to a realization in late order. As they say in french, "C'est la vie"..


    Thanks for your comments as I know I have not been around all that much yet it is all of worth.

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  5. Well I am still here right now and have a few days and not playing the say something good for the sake of saying it but we are enlightened by those that do come within our realm of life.

    I do believe in that and not being over sentimental at all. As I have before. Thank you you would have love the Sole within the restaurant believe you me.

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  6. mi amiga I am not in pain actually tonight is the first time I have the chance to write as so often I am to bed early. We do hurt, we do have pain, and we do have a heart and soul that we exude the meaning of what we are and what we feel. I feel very well within this post as I really don't feel that grief however when I leave I am leaving..............a city I came to love as well as a person I came to feel for.

    Maybe we just give it some time and design I hope time is more than design.

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  7. I could relate to much of your sense of loss, but i know your heart will heal; it will take time, much nurturing of you by you, and a positive outlook that it was not meant to be and that up ahead is a different plan for you....

    Best to avoid any reminders of HER -- music, scents, favorites, etc... that helps some....

    might be time for me to do a blog on love --my favorite subject -- maybe next week....

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  8. This is with regards to a realization before a departure....we as humans all have feelings she does you do I do everyone does and there is not one bad thing I can say as she has been someone that has come to be relevant yet we both know that there is a time that one has to leave. I have a few days still to write and meanwhile it's pouring outside - many hit on politics and so on where as do place out my feelings. The song above by Gloria is about what one will do for another. She has done for me and I have done for her. MIND YOU
    She has done some very great things. Men will be men and women shall be women but this is the areas where I find much in writing along with others as it's a share........



    Two songs come to mind > My Love, King of Wishful Thinking, and..............................
    Easy..Yeah.

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  9. Well put Linda. That's all we can hope for when time change in our personal lives.


    I think most of us have been there Jack and know to some degree how you feel. But each individual has their own way of handling a time like this. Give yourself room to go through the rollercoaster of emotions if they come. If not, all the better!

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  10. Feel great wished to do some of this much earlier I know some don't like utubes but thought I would place a few on as it's the weekend.

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  11. Doug, very much so and you know how much I love visiting other sites however right now I think I am done for the eve as it's late out here. It's raining and it's a delight. That and other things that have come about. Thanks much there good wise friend.

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  12. It's rather difficult for me to really know what you're trying to say because I have not gone through your experience ... and, because you have carefully left many holes in the story that we all can fill in as we please.

    What I did hear you say was, you both chose to have this time together and it didn't live up to either of your expectations for various reasons. Though you are disappointed, you are also ready to move on.

    I support your desire and ability to leave in good standing and your appreciation for what the experience has taught you.
    I thought you were already back home, but you are not ...so I again wish a you a gentle parting of the ways and a safe and comfortable trip home. You are a good man, my friend and other doors are opening up for you right now.

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  13. It sounds as though you have got a good handle on things Jack .... I think being able to say goodbye, nicely always helps with the future hello .... nothing worse than leaving things on a bad note .... I also believe if one finds the positives within the whole thing and hangs onto them .... it makes sense of all the hurt and one heals a lot easier. There is something positive in any given situation .... we may not see it now ... but it is there ..... within the heart!
    ~huggs~ .......

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  14. what a coincidence I have just blogged the exactly same thing! Take care, Michelle

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  15. again, all i can see are four white boxes

    ... hey, be careful with your foods intake, and try not to put on so much wait ...
    am sorry i'm mothering again.
    blessings and tight hugs :)

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  16. Good morning yeah I did leave some holes as you placed it but each and everyone has certain private areas of the whys and so forth. What is of most importance is the way that one does leave off with another with respect and a love...........we started as friends and we still are friends so I leave on Tuesday and in many respects I will miss her. It's not a break up it's just returning back to our own lives and we both have our reasons.

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  17. Thanks I do, I didn't for the longest and one never wishes to leave on a bad note - Lynne not at all. So within our own way we are just getting used to things and things just have a way of working out within the heart and as well within what a person does.

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  18. Well I am now up to 300 lbs but it's ok :)

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  19. whaaat ... 300 lbs, oh nuh! ... nah, i mean ... how would i say that. ok. just be careful enough not to exceed with you limit. take care ...

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  20. Sounds like you have dealt with the whole matter in a kind and mature manner; *sigh, wish everyone could be like this....

    P.S. my blog did not intend to reflect any of your entry here. Just that your entry inspired me to express some of my own concerns.

    I hope you are staying dry, forgetting NOT ur umbrella :)

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  21. You have a victorious spirit and good outlook

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  22. Ya got it as I do! Something went wrong with my own computer so will see what all is happening but it's just a laptop :)

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  23. No just with the heat I lost 25 lbs so I guess I am around 275 :)

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  24. Everyone has within there own way .......


    It's how we handle it..

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  25. I think everyone has had their heart broken in one way or another at some point in their life. It's the risk we take when we allow ourselves to openly and freely love someone with all our heart! :)

    As the saying goes" "It's better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all."

    In time, you will love again, Jack. The heart simply cannot survive without love!

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