I finally finished my gym book , "Love and other near death experiences". I call it gym book because I figured that since I don't have much time to read at home, I started taking books to the gym so I can enjoy on the treadmill and between sets of exercises. "Love and other near death experiences" is the first gym book, so far it has been quite a successful idea. I finished it in something near 10 visits to the gym, which is not bad at all.
Well anyway, it's a really good book, funny but in a sarcastic British humor sense of way. I was actually laughing in the gym, which cause many other gym-goers to wonder about my sanity level.
The book has this wonderful quote in the chapter before last that has such wisdom and that has rang many bells for me.. it's about the healing power of time. I'm sharing it here with you..
"With everything that had happened, it would simply have been too soon. Elizabeth was correct: you do need time. The annoying thing about time is that it takes time . . . but no amount of it is too long to wait through when you're waiting to be sure. However much we might believe, and wish, it were true, you can't really be sure of what you feel however intensely and seriously and constantly you examine your thoughts and emotions. You can be really sure only by forcing yourself to wait: time alone can tell you what will last."
From the very first sentence, it was so typically true, for me.. what the hell was I thinking I was over a 2 year relationship in less than 5 months ( now we're approaching the 6th months and I'm couping better with reality). As for the annoying thing about time, I came to realize that it passes waayyy longer when you're trying to keep yourself busy or even pretend you have something to do other than waiting for time to pass. The one other piece of advise/ zeww-wisdom I would like to bestow upon you readers of my blog is: do not put milestones. I used to put millions of milestones waiting for something to happen. By next valentine, I will blah blah,. By next year I will blah blah, by who's wedding I will do this and that.. And guess what.. it doesn't work that way. So by next everything.. nothing special will happen.. and I'm happy with that!
Well anyway, it's a really good book, funny but in a sarcastic British humor sense of way. I was actually laughing in the gym, which cause many other gym-goers to wonder about my sanity level.
The book has this wonderful quote in the chapter before last that has such wisdom and that has rang many bells for me.. it's about the healing power of time. I'm sharing it here with you..
"With everything that had happened, it would simply have been too soon. Elizabeth was correct: you do need time. The annoying thing about time is that it takes time . . . but no amount of it is too long to wait through when you're waiting to be sure. However much we might believe, and wish, it were true, you can't really be sure of what you feel however intensely and seriously and constantly you examine your thoughts and emotions. You can be really sure only by forcing yourself to wait: time alone can tell you what will last."
From the very first sentence, it was so typically true, for me.. what the hell was I thinking I was over a 2 year relationship in less than 5 months ( now we're approaching the 6th months and I'm couping better with reality). As for the annoying thing about time, I came to realize that it passes waayyy longer when you're trying to keep yourself busy or even pretend you have something to do other than waiting for time to pass. The one other piece of advise/ zeww-wisdom I would like to bestow upon you readers of my blog is: do not put milestones. I used to put millions of milestones waiting for something to happen. By next valentine, I will blah blah,. By next year I will blah blah, by who's wedding I will do this and that.. And guess what.. it doesn't work that way. So by next everything.. nothing special will happen.. and I'm happy with that!
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