Sometimes people walk away from love
Because it is so beautiful and that frightens them.

Sometimes they leave because the connection shines a bright light on their darker parts.
Parts they are not yet ready to tackle and working on this.

Sometimes they run away because they are developmentally unprepared to merge with another.
They individually have work to do first.

Sometimes they disappear because love is not a priority for them in their lives. They have a different path to follow and a different goal to achieve first.

Sometimes they end love because they prefer a comfortable or convenient relationship rather than a conscious one. A relationship that does not threaten their way of engaging with reality.

After all, so many of us carry feelings of shame with us. We tend to take love endings personally due to triggered feelings of rejection and abandonment.

But this is not always true.

Sometimes it has nothing to do with us.

Sometimes the one leaving just isn't ready to secure love yet.

Sometimes they know something we don't know yet.

They know their limitations from that point in their development.

True love is not an easy path.
Being ready for it is essential!

Let us mourn loss without personalising it.

Let us first learn to love ourselves in the absence of the beloved.

Original text by Jeff Brown "An uncommon bond"

Translated by Maria Quesada