The Relationship Graveyard

There is the strangest thing in a neighborhood next to my parent's house. It's a really really nice neighborhood - we're talking about homes starting in the $500K range. Some of the houses would definitely qualify as McMansions. But there are two houses in particular that are a little strange. One is a house of definite McMansion status. It's a gorgeous home, there is no doubt. But if you look out the back window you see something a little, well, off. It's an old graveyard, possibly dating back to pre-Civil War times.

The other house isn't quite so big, but it's still lovely. But if you look out the side window, you see another small graveyard. They have actually built this one particular house in an old graveyard and landscaped it!

For some reason, the other morning, I kept thinking about relationships past and the image of this house in a graveyard kept coming into my mind. No matter who you are, everyone has had failed relationships - be it with the opposite sex, a friend, a coworker, a family member. My question today is this: have you built your life in the graveyard of the past? Do you have a beautiful life and home, but look out the window to be constantly reminded of your past, much like the residents of these homes look out to find they are living in a graveyard?

I am one of those people who have a hard time of letting go of things. Hurts, wrongs, failures - I bottle them all up inside and have a tendency to wallow in it. However, after thinking of this analogy, it is my goal to just let it go. No longer will I be looking out of the windows of my life to constantly see reminders of the past. No longer will I be living in a relationship graveyard. It is spring, a time for new beginnings. And in my life, a time for forgiveness and finally burying the past where it needs to be - in the past. Not in my backyard.

Just a little food for thought today.