The Silence Inbetween
The moment of silence between a decision and its reality, is similar to the sensation of free-falling. Your primal mind is in panic mode, grasping for the safety of what was familiar. Your higher mind is trying to rationalize to yourself, 'We planned this, its ok. We have a chute.' This works about as well as trying to rationalize to a toddler having a melt-down. While all this chaos ensues inside your mind, it sits in stark contrast to the stillness and silence that surrounds you at this >*point*< in time. No going back. The decision has been made. Now we must wait for how it unfolds. The consequences are now beyond our control. This is what I imagine it would be like after swallowing the bottle of pills, knowing you can't go back but forgetting why you thought this was a good idea- having no control to stop it. Our brains are wired to find safety in predictability. Our minds scream at us to halt anytime a major change is coming. This is why we stay in bad relation...