Dear Nichole:

Good to read from you! I am fine, considering climate change and other alarming situations in our world. The summer here has been relatively mild this year, compared to last, so I am fortunate in this regard.

“I do still think of my ex, but realize that is just my nostalgia… He is not who I thought he was. I wish I could erase him from my mind“- nostalgia, the sentimental longing for the man he is not, a longing for the man you wish that he was. It’s okay that you cannot erase your longing for love; try to erase thinking of this one man as the answer for your longing.

“My mind does this thing where it likes to create reasons why people do things, excuses. So I can keep believing a lie. But I’m working through this pattern. Not easy“- well, I am proud of you, if I may say so, proud of you for aiming at believing the truth vs a lie: “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”, John 8: 31-32.

Any time you want to post, please do, it is a pleasure to read from you!

anita