Posted by antigua3 on April 24, 2009, at 19:28:42
In reply to Re: Feeling melancholy » Dinah, posted by SLS on April 24, 2009, at 17:06:57
>>I guess the metaphor can be of use in other aspects of your life where you have chased something that never needed chasing. In general, I think it can be melancholy to realize how much time and effort was put into something that really didn't deserve being such an obsession. Lost years.
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Interesting idea, but I couldn't ever let myself believe that they were "lost" years because that would be too devastating. I prefer to think of discovering things like this that they were earned insights that for whatever reasons had to be obtained.It's like my pdoc asking me the other day if I had any regrets at how my life had worked out, knowing that my warped beliefs colored every area of my life. Yes, of course, I have regrets, some very shameful ones, but I decided a long time ago that I couldn't go down that path because I am who I am, illness/whatever and all, and I have to believe that some good came out of the effort.
Sorry for jumping in Dinah.
Thanks for the thought Scott.
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