When we venture into the dating arena we may need to protect our physical as well as emotional selves. A total awareness of where we are at any given moment will allow us to make better decisions for ourselves when we start to date.
Every person who finds themselves in a committed relationship may find themselves on this journey of self-discovery if and when that relationships ends.
I found myself on such a journey after becoming widowed and then entering the dating pool.
I discovered there are rules to this dating thing. There are pitfalls that can be avoided if we do the work that will entail a process of what is known as individuating.
It is a journey worth taking, but not an easy one. In fact this journey may even take us to a few unexpected destinations.
But as some discover it is not always the destination that counts, but the journey itself.
In the end we may in fact find that new love, that new relationship, and enjoy life again.