An ancient story goes… A king instructs a group of blind men to describe an elephant. Each man feels one part of the elephant’s body–the tusk, the leg, the trunk, the tail. Each gives a detailed–and very different–report about the elephant. Then they come to blows about who is right. Each man is describing his honest, real experience about the elephant, yet each misses the big picture, the whole truth. How do you view the world? How do you view yourself? Other people? It feels good to stand in our worldviews, doesn’t it? It gives us kind of a power …
How does life go on after divorce? Self love.
Writer’s block. It happens without warning, especially when accompanied by a major life change like divorce, after 25 years of marriage. My creative flow is finally lodging itself out from that stuck crevice in my mind where it feels like life is sucking every ounce of energy out of me. I cursed this stuck place, until I realized that this same place gifted me with learning experiences that inspired me to have so much more to share, so much more to write in the long run. And for that, I am grateful. So rewinding to the day I moved out, fourteen months ago… …