There’s often a sense of loss or injustice when we don’t get what we want [especially when we confuse it with a genuine need]. But evaluating things a little further… have any of your needs been disrupted in the process? Is their damage? Is their suffering beyond the denial itself? What we are looking for in instances such as this are whether we are in fact worse off or better off for having been denied? As the old saying goes “Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it”. Put in another light “Be grateful for what you didn’t get, you may be better off without it”.

It’s my personal experience that relationships, if done right, require considerable time and energy. Some have these in abundance to give while others do not. And in both cases people attempt a relationship with varied results.

Man, far too often goes by what he likes and dislikes, rather than what is and what isn’t.