Lessons in Love

This is to the younger women out there (or really to any woman and person as these wounds aren't gender based). Please learn from my mistakes so you don't have to go through the same pains that I have:

If someone exhibits traits of severe jealousy, including monitoring behaviours and accusations; if you set physical boundaries about how much time you'd like to pass before you're ready to engage in sexual relations and they push back: Run.

Any person that truly values you will respect these boundaries, especially around your physical autonomy. They'll understand –and it's important that you understand this as well: Trust takes time to build. If we have pre-existing wounds, those wounds are ours to own, communicate, and heal. 🙏

He's not a bad man – I truly mean that. We all have unhealed wounds, none of us are perfect (I'm certainly not). Fortunately, our behaviours – these wounds – are not who we are. ❤️ We each have the ability to self-reflect, communicate, and change our course. ⛵️🌅🙏

I'm heartbroken as I feel I betrayed myself. That's what hurts the most. I liked him. I really did. I overrode my intuition that kept screaming at me to run and instead, I fell in love. I'm grateful he recognized, by the end, that this connection wasn't healthy for either of us, and that he chose to end it because I kept trying to but I couldn't.

I look forward to moving onto Chapter 4 (or maybe I can skip straight to Chapter 5 now?) I send him nothing but kindness, healing, compassion, and love, as I also send back onto myself. 🙏

With deep pain & self-forgiveness, I thank God (my Higher Power) for these lessons.

Much Love 🫂❤️‍🩹

~Amy

Amy Frank, Artist

Meme/Story at top of Blog by Portia Nelson