Arnon Grunberg

Gratitude

Insecurity

On polyamory - Alice Hines in NYT (A friend wrote me: "More grist for your mill."):

“Is this really my partner separating from me?” Ms. Morgan said she asks herself when feelings of insecurity arise. “Or am I struggling my own abandonment issues, and needing to clearly express to Na’Im what affirmation I need to receive?”

Instead of jealousy, Ms. Morgan said she tries to think about gratitude and send messages like, “I was thinking about how much I appreciate you,” rather than, “Where are you?” and “Who are you with?”

Read the article here.

Whatever problem you are facing, think about gratitude. And I would say there's no real solution for the problem of contradictory urges, but one can always try. Failure is an option, thank god.

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