“I love you.”  Are these not the three words all long to hear?  And when one who said them to you is no longer present physically, you grieve.  Did you love them because they made you feel good?  Yes, of course, but there was more to it than that.  You love everything about them.  Once they are gone you miss the joy you felt in their presence.  This we know.  But now you know what joy and love feel like.  For the human, this is addictive, and you will spend the rest of your life seeking what you think you need, when what the one you love did was show you what is already inside you.

You have mistakenly ascribed that power to someone outside of you.  They are still with you in spirit and in the heart.  Hear us well:  You do not need them to be happy.  We feel you rebel at these words, and that rebellion, that denial, is your invitation to awakening and healing from your blindness.  Be gentle on yourself.  The path is not easy, but the journey becomes easier once you begin to understand.