Tag: heartache

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.” ~ Michel De Montaigne

Many relationships suffer from a lack of self-esteem. A relationship’s self-esteem is connected to that of the partner’s, but it also has a life of its own. Genuine esteem is founded in the courage to see oneself truly, both the positive and negative aspects of who we are and how we function and malfunction in the world.

When we get hit by loss and heartache, life turns upside down. The routine "normal" we’re used to disappears. Nothing is the quite the same.

We lay down at night and our minds spin. Sleep flees from us. When slumber finally comes, we wake frequently.

In times of grief and heartache, we might have dreams about those we’ve loved and lost. We naturally wonder what these nighttime, internal dramas mean.