
Shredding Sadness
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams
By Susan Maddy Jones
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.
~Robert Muller
Lately, I’ve been shredding documents I accumulated with my ex-husband. These always put me in a dark place. I have happy memories of Steve, but sometimes they get overpowered by the negative ones — the money I lost, the birthdays he missed, how sick he got, and the way I felt that he no longer truly loved me by the end of the marriage.
In all the years since Steve and I divorced, I had never dreamed of him. I spent enough of my waking time feeling guilty about our failed marriage; I had no need to do overtime at night. But just a couple of months ago, I dreamt of Steve.
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