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  • in reply to: Stressed and anxious #450097
    anita
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    I understand, Q. Thank you for telling me how it is for you. I will write more tomorrow. (Late here)

    in reply to: Threefold Breath #450096
    anita
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    I can’t help but feel more and more like a child, the part that was missing, frozen all those many years and decades.

    I am a girl, not yet ten, running on green grass, fresh green, forever fields, sun shining gently above, a Promise.

    Young forever.

    I didn’t get to be young when I was 10, or 20, or.. (do the math, if you care to)

    A girl looking for other girls and boys to play with.

    Do you get me, Peter?

    Like you said today, it’s not about the outcome (how you may respond, or not at all).

    It’s about the expressing. Virtual as real as real is.

    Green fields, streams of fresh running waters, I can hear the water.

    Hand in hand, a smile meeting a smile-

    No calculation, no politics-

    A genuine, real smile. Just this: see me, I like you.. see me, like me back-

    This early childhood thing, beautiful thing.

    Anita

    in reply to: Seeking clarity about a relationship #450092
    anita
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    You are very welcome. I understand not wanting to keep Going Through Life stuck in indecision.. and regret. I’ll write more tomorrow.

    🤍🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Feelings for co worker? #450090
    anita
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    I’ll read and reply in the morning, me. I hope that you’ll be having a good night!

    🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Understanding someone who's recently divorced and not ready #450089
    anita
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    Thank you, Dafne! I want to reply to you with a fresh, rested brain tomorrow morning.

    🤗💖 Anita

    in reply to: Threefold Breath #450088
    anita
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    Hi Peter:

    “love that sees clearly”- unlike blind love. How often is love blind, or any strong emotion.. particularly anger.

    “For me the word Compassion, is spacious… less about how we feel and more about how we relate.”- yes, better we focus on how we relate than on how we feel. Pause between the feeling and the relating.

    “I’ve often felt the same, that I never truly experienced being a child in the way others describe it.”- a fellow fragmented child..?

    Talking about relating, it makes me almost laugh right now, thinking about how I used to related to people here, in the forums: analyzing people’s stories as if a life story is a math equation to be solved. It’s all about connecting-relating, at the end of the day- fragmented children allowing points of connection. It is possible in a virtual space like this one, here.

    🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Understanding someone who's recently divorced and not ready #450076
    anita
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    Dear Dafne:

    “I’m starting to think that I was too naive thinking that it will be easy or will happen at this age. What shall I change in order for this to be possible?”-

    I’d say: first, become very clear about your objectives, that is: what is it that you need, want & expect in a relationship.

    This way, you can be in the center of your story, you make the rules in regard to your life.

    I hope I’m making sense (Am I, Dafne? I spent more than 4 hours straight in front of the computer.. tired 😩)

    Not too tired to send you a virtual 🤗.

    🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Stressed and anxious #450075
    anita
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    Dear Q:

    My weekend was pretty good, thank you!

    “I still have some trouble overcoming the guilt I have… I acknowledge and understand the fault I have in the break up and it makes me feel primarily responsible. And also because of that, the man inside of me wants to fix things and make things right, which makes it even harder to let go. So these are my observations, please feel free to challenge them if you’d like to.

    “1. I was struggling to find a job”- please correct me if I am wrong (here and in the following), but I am “hearing” Q the man admonishing Q the boy: You should have had a job! You shouldn’t have struggled!

    “2. Didn’t have a distinct purpose / something to look forward to (like a job)”- again, I hear Q the man criticizing, accusing Q the boy: You should have had a distinct purpose! You messed up the relationship because you didn’t have a distinct purpose!

    “3… 4…”- I hear the same: You shouldn’t have! You should have! Shame on you!

    Before I continue, I need to ask: am I hearing you correctly?

    (I am definitely hearing Anita the adult, the ways she used to criticize, accuse and shame Anita the girl).

    🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Struggling to settle in new role #450074
    anita
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    Dear Tom:

    “I don’t feel like anyone ever made an effort with me and perhaps I haven’t also.”- what if you make a couple of small efforts this week to connect with just two people in this big team..?

    If the efforts fail, you’ve lost nothing; if they succeed, you may gain a bit of something important: a moment of belonging, of companionship 🫱🫲

    What do you think, Tom?

    🌿🤍 Anita

    in reply to: Feelings for co worker? #450071
    anita
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    Dear me:

    “(She) messaged me back that maybe nice people stick together (which clearly means she hopes we keep talking when she’s gone)… she replied but not responded back. That’s a good end.”-

    I am curious about what you mean by “good end”..?

    “Anyway I got another womans number too today at work”- you are good at moving on, me, a sort of an expert at moving on 😊. Are you?

    🌿🤍Anita

    in reply to: Seeking clarity about a relationship #450063
    anita
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    Dear GoingThroughLife:

    Again, thank you for your kind words, they mean a lot to me 🙏

    “I wanted a pure relationship with less wound exposure.”- what a positively interesting way to say it, a pure relationship with less wound exposure.. original wording.

    I am glad that you are receiving emotional support from your mother and from your older sister.

    “Anita, I ask your help in this change, not from a perspective from focusing on the past, but on the present and the future. I need your guidance Anita.”- I feel honored that you are asking me for guidance 😊

    And I acknowledge and respect your need that I focus on the present and the future, and not on your childhood.

    I just went over (again) our communication since Jan 2024. You shared about 4 romantic relationships: Sofi (2019, when you started college- Oct 2020), SK (Nov 2020-2023), EN (Sept 2023-..Dec 2023, mostly long-distance), SS (Feb 2023- Sept 25).

    What stood out to me this morning is what you wrote on Jan 30, 2024:”Even now when I think someone will love me I will end up pushing them away. I’m scared of that deep commitment. I was not scared when I started it with SK, but with time I guess the thought of settling down made me scared.”, as well as what you wrote on June 3, 2024: “I think besides feelings I’m starting to get attached to SS which I’m not keen of. I was never attached to EN.”-

    I think that it’s safe to say that you desire a stable, loving connection with a woman.

    But will it also be true to say that once you feel something stable and loving (which you need and desire), you also feel trapped and need to escape?

    Commitment to a stable, loving relationship = trap ?

    In regard to the career topic, you wrote 2 days ago: “I am not able to stick to do one thing, which may make me a jack of all trades, but not a master of one.”-

    Commitment to a stable job/ trade= trap ?

    I hope that these questions are not too distressing for you to consider..? Please let me know, I am concerned.

    🤍🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Understanding someone who's recently divorced and not ready #450061
    anita
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    Dear Dafne:

    I am sorry you lost connection for so long! Good to read back from you ❤️ and thank you for inviting me into the conversation about men and marriage. I will answer more later this morning. Big hug back to you!

    🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Seeking clarity about a relationship #450054
    anita
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    It means a lot to me, Going Through Life, to read your kind words, your open heart.. thank you..!!!

    I will write more Mon morning (It’s Sun night here)

    🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Threefold Breath #450053
    anita
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    Yes, it is, Alessa, the whole person. Thank you ❤️

    🌿 Anita

    in reply to: Feelings for co worker? #450052
    anita
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    I know you are charming, me! I’ve known it all along. I have no doubt that you are charming irl 😊.

    I’ll write more Mon morning!

    🌿 Anita

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