Sunday, 10 November 2013


When it is becoming clear to you that something is not right. One particular situation, arrangement or relationship is erratic and problematic. Not that there is really anything new about this. It is more that, up until now, you have been able to turn a blind eye to it. Recently, your attention has been drawn to it and, ever since, the matter has not been ignorable. Of course, the more attention you give it, the harder it is to go back to how things were. Not that you genuinely want to do that... do you? If you do, you must be honest.
Most of us feel that when we give someone a present, it must be pristine. If the box or the packaging is battered, we question whether it will make an acceptable offering - even though we know that within moments of handing it over those bits of card and plastic will be consigned to the rubbish. We want the wrapping paper to look right too, yet it is the very first thing to be removed and discarded. Where, in your emotional life now, might you be placing too high an emphasis on presentation and not enough on the content?

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