Right in
the middle of working on a new book, struggling to distinguish between fiction
and reality, I’ve met a beautiful woman and fell in love. A day spent
together on the beach was all it took to restore my faith that falling in love
is actually possible.
Unfortunately,
only one week later I was dumped. A wave of disappointment rolled over me and I
thought it was just not fair. To make matters worse, I had started writing a little love song which I really liked and now I saw the new melody drowning in the deep sea of
failed summer romances. But then I started wondering, ‘why do I feel like
this?’ Why couldn’t I be simply grateful for the beautiful moments we had
shared? Letting them be what they were: unique fragments of time that had made
me really happy.
So while
being dumped has caused some temporary pain to my ego, the amazing day on the
beach has kept its beauty; even though my longing heart was hoping for another dose of love, the experience itself didn’t actually need any repetition – it was
already complete just as it was!
So on the
same day that I was dumped, I finished the song.
Soon after
a friend came to visit and I met his partner, Jamie. Almost instantly, Jamie and I became really good friends. We
laughed and cried over broken dreams and future hopes, and we played music – lots of it! Then, after a few days, my new friend left and I got a
similar sensation as before: all of a sudden, a series of beautiful moments had ended and
there was nothing I could do about it. Gone!
Two women
in two weeks – with both I had a very different yet equally amazing time. The
fact that both experiences are over is still making me a little sad,
but the dominant feeling is one of gratitude. I feel blessed for having so many
opportunities to live through beautiful moments with others. And the thing is:
if moments never ended, how could we ever experience new ones? As Ben Harper
says, ‘there are so many special people in the world’ – all out
there, waiting to be met!
The night
before she left, Jamie and I played the song that I had written about my summer
romance. It’s an example of what we’re doing here on Earth: Sharing time!
PS: I love
chocolate too!
Chocolate will never leave you!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sentiment dude, something Ive been thinking about a lot myself recently...how do you experience the new and exciting without letting go of the "old"? When letting go of someone feels like dying, how do you change your perception of it to something positive? Time...and new people and new experiences heals it all. Im sure just by realising this will lead you to meet even more great people, and love again... I love you! Hows that? :-) xxxxxxxx
Yes, chocolate will always love us! Letting go of the old can be hard, but it's the only way to welcome new experiences. Lots of joy ahead! Love ya too! xx
DeleteVery nice experience telling... The way to a better and positive life. Well done! And nice song!
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