Nothing Is the Way It Used to Be… Everything Has Changed
“Love is the longing to escape from oneself.” — Charles Baudelaire
Technology has changed the way we communicate with one another. It has also conditioned us to compare our lives with the lives we see on a screen. And when we constantly measure what we have against what others appear to have, we begin to wonder whether something — or someone — better might be waiting for us.
We compare more because we have access to more.
Instant gratification has conditioned us to become bored quickly and demand immediate solutions. We do the same thing with relationships. Instead of working on what hurts us or trying to change unhealthy patterns, we look elsewhere because we imagine another person will make everything easier.
And sometimes all we accomplish is repeating the same relationship problems with a different partner.
Different face. Same pattern. Until we decide to heal.
Someone can be a wonderful person and still not be the right person for you. Compatibility depends on what you’re looking for, what you need, what the other person needs, and the life each of you is trying to build…
Continues in the book




