Icing on the cake...yes!

by Mercedes Abraham
(San Francisco, CA, USA)

After years of nurturing partners and hoping (often demanding) to be nurtured...and then I found that more love and caring happens with those former partners after a relationship has 'ended'.

I've come to realize the actuality of loving myself first makes for a joyful and deeply loving relationship with my partner. It's so true that love begins with ourselves - and the model is naturally available for my son, at this point.
I have time together with my sweetheart, time alone, time for family, time with friends (his and mine - separately and together) and the times are rich and meaningful.

I look forward to all of it - with relish and delight.

Disagreeing comes from a place of different perspective, no longer the desperate pursuit of unmet needs.

I love this article - and can fully identify with it!

Duality is no more...I am whole...and doing my best to continue on that path with joy.