I saw this beautiful piece yesterday on a friends page + she was happy for me to share this, thank you Kelly 
Sometimes people walk away from love because it is so beautiful that it terrifies them. 
Sometimes they leave because the connection shines a bright light on their dark places and they are not ready to work them through. 
Sometimes they run away because they are not developmentally prepared…
As I approach “mid life,” I notice that more and more people around me are starting to feel like they don’t know who they are anymore. The age milestone of 40 seems to bring with it a loss of identity for a lot of people. Relationship breakdowns, divorce, bring with it the loss of identity as a husband, wife, family unit. We lose grandparents and parents, and get closer to being next in line. Maybe we suddenly…