06/07/07
The Great Trap
John, member #20207
For most single people, myself included, the great trap in life is to say that we’ll be happy when we meet the right person.
We have a Hollywood or fairy-tale image in our heads of marital bliss, and if we’re not careful we can get stuck in an unhealthy paradigm of spending all our energy looking and searching for Mr. or Miss Wonderful, going on dates with Mr. or Miss Wrong, getting disappointed, having a pity party full of negative emotions and thoughts like “Why has God abandoned me? How come it happens so easily for everyone else?” etc., and then starting the cycle all over again.
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Topic: Self Awareness