There is no way that special love can ever work. No one person can be your source of happiness.

Instead we are urged to laugh gently at the ego’s “tiny mad idea” and all its seeming terror.

Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously

I decided to throw down a forgiveness F-bomb and let him go. I welcomed in the idea of releasing this relationship once and for all. I had been using the relationship as a crutch, and it was time for me to walk on my own.

The Course teaches us to make our brotherly relationships (friendships) more romantic and our romantic relationships more brotherly. That was what was going on for me. Because I now found romance and sparks within my companionable relationships, I was able to take even more pressure off men.

I came to realize that he was doing the best he could to manage his own ego’s projections. I could now see how I’d forced my need to be saved onto a guy who didn’t want to save me. Rather than realize this, I’d made him wrong for not meeting my ego’s needs. This revelation offered me tremendous relief.

Accepting my own peace was the greatest gift I could offer the world.

greater than myself.

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