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All those years wasted with your ex – When hope works against you – What’s under the stream of negative emotions

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All those years wasted with your ex – When hope works against you – Under the stream of negative emotions
All those years wasted with your ex – When hope works against you – Under the stream of negative emotions
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All those years wasted with your ex – When hope works against you – Under the stream of negative emotions
June 11, 2017
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How can you possibly forget that one ex who “wasted” years of your life? How can you possibly forgive them, either?

In the first segment of this episode, I read a letter from someone who married a big problem and now she is upset at him for “stealing” so many years of her life. She wants to forgive and move on but can’t seem to do it.

I offer a suggestion about forgiveness that she may not have considered.

In segment two, it’s another “about your ex” topic… What can you do if you want your ex back but they keep you at arm’s length? They say they want to be with you but they don’t want to be with you. It’s a place of no closure and it can be full of anxiety and lots and lots of waiting with no possible end.

A door may need to be closed so that you don’t waste your life waiting.

During the close of the show, I talk about inner peace. What’s it like? Is it in you? Many people think they don’t have it. There can often be a stream of negative thoughts and emotions that flow through you and you may feel like you have no peace, joy, or happiness whatsoever. You can feel like life is not going to get any better, so ‘why bother?’

There is a path to peace but it involves some work. The work never ends but the peace and comfort are more prevalent with every step forward you take.

Filed Under: Ask Paul, Divorce, Forgiveness, Human Potential, Loneliness, Marriage, Negative Emotions, Podcast Episode, Relationships Tagged With: Wasted a lot of years with my ex, What's under the stream of negative emotions, When hope works against you

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