The Life We've Planned

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
— Joseph Campbell

This sums up one of my biggest issues in going through the aftermath of my divorce. I have spent far too much time thinking about all the things I might have had and getting upset that I won't have them. How crazy is it to be upset that I don't have or won't have something I never had to begin with? If I let go of my wish to have a 25th wedding anniversary or to see my grandchildren for the first time with their grandfather, I just might find a whole new life for myself far more intriguing than the one I imagined I would have. I am aggrandizing my 18 year marriage as something that is desirable and that I cannot live without. The truth is I am starting to feel free. I am learning who I am and I am able to do as I please. I don't have to live trying to please someone else. It is my turn. I hope this quote pushes me to open up and try new things and explore my options. I have an interest in film making and photography. It may not make me rich but it might lead me to places, people and things I never would have seen had I been stuck in my old life. I wonder what is waiting out there for me.