An Abstract Metaphor

"When someone talks about investment in a relationship I wonder what they mean? Do they mean time, money, companionship, all of these things, or none of these things, because they did not do the investment, the other person did? So when years and years have gone by and you have not stayed just for the children as some do and there is a wish to make 'it' work, when do you realise that wishes can’t make it work, it works itself, in or out or with someone else? Because it’s easy, isn’t it – to walk away and not take responsibility for experimenting with people’s lives on your journey of living. So I wonder how it really feels to promise love only to feather one’s own nest until ...

I do wonder how Erickson would deal with this metaphor. Would he know just like you do which end of the polarity you are on in this moment, or would he somehow have to give yet another metaphor for you to get it, as you do get it don’t you? You always knew the person you were at the time with the skills that you had at the time. So the learning? Something to do with experimenting ..., and the feedback?

In your own time, you can use this space to discover your own learnings and behave differently, can’t you."

The use of high level abstract thought does not have to make any sense at all.  However, two things might be worth considering:

1) What's the purpose of the high level abstract thought?   2) What preserved learnings and feelings does unconscious communication get for you?

The Editor