Realistically, the hourly fee of an astute marriage counselor is far less than the retainer and hourly fees of two divorce attorneys. In addition to that, can one put a price on keeping one's family intact? Or how about calculating the depth of heartache that accompanies divorce? Or the cost of two homes where there had been one? And now, having saved best for last, let's try this one on for size: Twenty years ago, Will and I were unhappy enough to separate ... until reason for love to bloom through the gloom emerged from our depths more clearly than ever before.
And now that I've come to recognize myself as the cock-eyed optimist in our family (and though that role served me well in terms of turning negative cycles around) what do I need to learn in terms of self awareness if I hope to evolve into an optimistic realist at this later stage of life when loss tends to feel so great as to undermine the human spirit's innate strengths?
And now that I've come to recognize myself as the cock-eyed optimist in our family (and though that role served me well in terms of turning negative cycles around) what do I need to learn in terms of self awareness if I hope to evolve into an optimistic realist at this later stage of life when loss tends to feel so great as to undermine the human spirit's innate strengths?
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