Recovering from a devastating break up
January 27, 2009 by gingerw
Filed under Anything Goes, Interpersonal
The question: I just had a devastating break up with my ex and I don’t know how to move on. What would GingerW do ?
#wwgwd
Recovering from after a serious break up of a relationship is not an easy task. Everyone grieves in different ways and for different lengths of time. Some people may need professional assistance to get through the emotions associated with a bad breakup- sorrow, anger, remorse, and more. It is important to take the time to acknowledge the sorrow that goes with the break up. If you don’t, you may find the healing process takes longer. Eventually, you have to let these negative emotions go.
Rebuilding and Refocusing
Reflection on the past is a great way to learn and grow. Every time I have gone through a life change, I have learned something new about my myself. No matter how significant the break up may have been, at some point it is important to move on.
Take those reflections and use them to focus forward. Think of the end of one relationship as an open door to the future while carrying with you the wisdom of past experiences.
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. -T.S. Eliot
A fresh start, a new beginning, an opportunity to set the world on fire.
Take it and make it yours. Learn from your past mistakes and create the life and the vision that you have always wanted.
Set the world on fire.

…and that is what Gingerw would do.










Paul Slaybaugh on Tue, 27th Jan 2009 5:27 pm
Hi Ginger. In addition to your sage advice to go set the world afire with your new found freedom and strength, I find setting most anything on fires helps.
JF.sellsius on Tue, 27th Jan 2009 6:11 pm
Read Ovid’s Remedies for Love (Remedia Amoris), written to make amends for his Art of Love, which got him in hot water with the Emperor.
English translation here: http://www.tonykline.co.uk/PITBR/Latin/CuresforLove.htm
cliffs notes here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedia_Amoris
Bill Lublin on Tue, 27th Jan 2009 6:19 pm
Awesomeness
Jay Valento on Thu, 5th Feb 2009 11:49 am
Give yourself 6 months or so to let go and wait for something good to happen to you along your journey in life.