I just saw a scene from Bruce Almighty where Bruce said a perfect prayer wishing his girlfriend would find someone who truly loves her and sees her as he does. This is actually a prayer I have prayed. But then, could you be as sincere when that someone really exist and it's not you?
It's easier to be "sincere" and have positive wishes for someone you love when both sides are seeming to be "unhappy" after a break-up. It's much different when the other side is happy-lovey-dovey and it started from an act of infidelity.
Your ego starts it's manipulative ideas to make you feel like a victim, betrayed, fooled, stupid, etc.
At first this was what I was feeling. And for me, it isn't an acceptable feeling. I was not taught to be a victim, to be foolish, or act with my emotions. There was a great conflict in me between my ego with my logical thinking vs my heart with my emotions.
Later on, I learned it's natural to have this feeling. However, it shouldn't be a feeling we should hold on to for long. I have learned to overcome the feelings and understood it's not a matter of who's the victim or who's stupid. It's just a process. A process where we learn more about ourselves. It's like a test, where when we can overcome it we pass and the result is know more about ourselves, know how we would react in a certain situation, know what to do next time in a similar situation and in the end become a better person.
Back to the topic tonight.
The past 2 weeks, I just refused to get in contact with her. In my head: I don't give a damn of how she is now. But still every night I do pray for God's kindness to protect her. However, I have limited myself to pray for her happiness. A small piece of me, the egoistic core in my heart, still hopes for her unhappiness and for her to come back to me after all of the unhappiness she will experience.
And so far I thought I had true love. But I refuse to wish for her happiness, because it meant it was with another person. I am quite ashamed to confess this.
This afternoon, I was quite surprised. I had some memories of when we were together, but those memories seemed like a dream, like it never happened before. Maybe it's just a defensive way my mind does to heal. Making me believe that it never happened. But I know it was real, it happened to me. On the contrary it was my dream come true. And if it came true before, I believe it will come true again, with someone else, who will stay with me through the toughest times of life.
We had beautiful memories together. I knew she loved me then. And I truly love her, still. I don't want my love be stained by insincerity. Tonight I will pray and ask God to kindly protect her and wish for her complete happiness with whoever she is with.
*I suddenly felt an urge to text her and tell her of my feelings tonight. I wanted to tell her that I still love her and wish her happiness. But then, a friend of mine did say, that we do not always have to show our love to the person we love, but we can simply wish the best for her and pray for her. In this situation, I think that's the best thing to do.*
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