I do a lot of readings and it’s not unusual for a person to be told that someone will come back into one’s life at some point down the road. People find this very hard to believe especially when it involves a romantic partner. However, when something is “meant to be”, the Spirit Guides will ensure that it happens and I am living proof of that happening…
When I was in University, I became involved with a guy and we had a relationship – a very destructive relationship (an on and off affair that lasted several years). I was young and had very, very low self-esteem and he was just being him. I gave everything that I had to give and in return, I received a little attention from him – attention that I desperately needed. The experience caused me extreme emotional pain that influenced me in many ways for years to come.
I suffered for years after he ended the relationship. There were years of emotional pain and physical pain (I ended up with an ulcer). Then a time period of anger and finally, a time when I hated him.
As I started to love myself and my self-esteem increased, I saw him for what he was and realized just how much he used me and how much I allowed myself to be used. I realized that he didn’t have any respect for me or for my feelings. It was at that point that the anger towards him and hate for him manifested.
At that time, I also realized that I had allowed it all to happen. I could have stopped the relationship at any time but that low self-esteem kept me in a place self-hate. Over the years, I ran into him a few times and had deep emotional reactions to seeing him which actually showed me how I was progressing in terms of dealing with the fallout.
Once I realized what he was truly like as a person and once I learned to love myself and increase my self-esteem, I was able to move forward on my path in a different way. I took full responsibility for allowing what happened to happen. He was not responsible in any way – he was just being him. The bottom line was that I allowed him to treat me that way that he did.
A few months ago, my sister and I were planning one of her Aura Drawing specials and were discussing the bonds that exist between people. We often do “practice runs” so we can see what the end result of the special will be for different scenarios. I asked about a bond between me and several different people so we could compare results. In one of the scenarios, a bond didn’t even show between me and the other person which told me that our interactions together were complete. I expected the same result for the bond between me and this guy but was a little disturbed when she told me that there was a bond between us. It was not a very big bond and it was dark in colour – but it did exist.
I don’t even know why I asked about this guy – so much time had already passed and I assumed I would never see or hear from him again. I asked my Spirit Guides why there was still a bond and was told not to worry about it so I let it drop.
The other day the phone rang and you guessed it…it was him. He called me 30 years after he dumped me to “see how I was”. I have to admit I was not all that pleasant on the phone because to be honest, I didn’t understand why he was contacting me – nor did he. After a few minutes of a very awkward conversation, I decided to meet with him for a coffee the next day. Why did I do this? Well, I know that in our minds we may think we have resolved an issue but when put in the situation we might react quite differently. I wanted to test myself – to see if I had any feelings for this guy even after 30 years. Would I feel emotional pain? Anger? Hate? And I do have to admit that hearing from him did have an emotional response – I threw up after the phone call (I like to think that was final old energy leaving my body).
I knew we still had a bond and I needed to confront the issue for my own peace of mind. I really wanted to make sure it was resolved.
We did meet the next day for a coffee and yes, it was awkward and weird. I did ask him why he contacted me. He told me that he found an old card I had sent him all those years ago and he started thinking about me. He said that he had thought about me on and off over the years (as we all do with old relationships). Once he found the card, I kept coming back into his thoughts and as he described it…”he felt compelled to contact me”. (That would be the influence of the Spirit Guides making something happen.) He had to do some research to track me down but he did manage to do so.
I was very nervous about meeting him but was pleasantly surprised when I discovered I had absolutely no feelings of pain, anger or hate towards him. Aside from the awkwardness of “our negative past”, it was like two old friends getting together for a catch-up.
During our conversation, I brought up some of the ways that he treated me that were cruel and that had created a great deal of pain for me. He never disputed them. He totally agreed that he had been quite horrible but he never apologized for treating me the way he did. That surprised me and it told me a lot about his character or lack of character…for all that he had gone through in life (and he had suffered quite a bit in his life), he hadn’t really changed.
We ended on what I would call a positive note…we hugged and opened the doors to further communication. I walked away feeling quite good. Will I contact him again? I doubt it. The fact that he didn’t apologize for the way he treated me told me that he hadn’t really changed and probably didn’t really recognize his actions as an unacceptable way to treat others. Given the chance, he would probably treat me with the same lack of respect or consideration for my feelings – even as a friend. That saddened me. Would I respond if he contacted me again? Yes…but I would be very careful.
I had hoped that after that encounter, the bond between us would be gone or at least more colourful but when I asked my sister about it, she told me that is was still there but now it was actively moving in a wave-like motion. I also asked my Guides if I would see him again and was told “yes” but I can’t imagine that happening however, I never imagined that after 30 years he would contact me again and I was wrong about that…