I have to go with getting your own issues resolved and then make decisions. Seriously, you have to be whole before you try to make a relationship. Unfortunately, now that I feel whole, I don't feel the need for a relationship. (that may change, you never know)
Good luck for you. You too may feel he or there is not the right person or place after you resolve unsettled things. Work on getting you together with you. Then work on getting with another person. Usually, things fall easily into place once you have resolved old issues.
No offense but if it was his idea to split, it sounds like he is not all that into you. Especially if he is not ready to commit. If I really wanted someone, I would not suggest splitting right away. It really depends on when he suggested the split....before or after you left.
If before...then sounds like he isn't into you. If after... depending on how long after you left...he may have found other options already that he may not be sure will pan out...hence the keeping the relationship on hold comment. Or he may just be all that busy he really does not have time for a relationship.
There are really too many unknowns here for any real advice.
I do that every day. It is how I operate. I AM an encourager.
It is also a major part of my personality type...or so I found out when I read about Meyers-Briggs personality type indicators. (it also says I am very creative, sensitive and flighty and need someone to ground me but so far, I have not found anyone willing to do the job)
That falls hand in hand with my primary work as a Healer/Life Coach.
I think a lot of people fear death and being helpless. I really don't fear aging. I have an anxiety about taxes tho. Not aging. I do feel sadness about maybe never having a man again. I made the decision to not take someone that does not fit my needs. I am such a strange person that it is doubtful I will find a man that not only would fit my needs but feel that I would fit his.
RE: What's your favorite place/thing in Texas
My back yard! (When it is mowed and not all died back from drought!)