To the Broken Hearted:
Stop.
Stop replaying everything in your mind.
Stop thinking about all the ways it could've been.
Stop trying to figure out where you messed up.
Stop thinking that somehow, this whole mess could've been prevented 'if only'.
This was not your fault.
I am sorry.
I am so sorry for the painful heartbreak.
No one ever deserves that.
I know the hardest part is that when the relationship died, so did your best friend.
And the image you had of them got shattered.
Part of you wants to believe that they are still in there.
Part of you hates yourself because you genuinely don't hate them at all.
But the biggest part is just sad because honestly,
You are mourning a death;
The death of a friendship.
The death of a relationship.
The death of a future you planned with them.
But the most painful part of this death is seeing a part of yourself die;
The happy loving part of yourself.
The you that you were when you were with them.
Because you feel like you were better together.
Whether that be as friends or as a couple,
You felt happier, kinder,
More in touch with life when you had this sweet person in your life.
So mourn.
Mourn the many deaths that come along with a broken trust.
It's okay not to be okay,
Because the pain you are feeling is real.
But at the same time,
Your worth has NEVER been on the table.
Because they can say or do whatever they want;
But it changes nothing about the fact that you are enough.
Mourn.
But mourn with the hope that life will go on.
Your identity is not found in them.
You were never defined by the quality of that relationship.
No matter how long you were together.
No matter how far things went.
No matter how much of yourself you gave away.
It never defined you.
So move forward;
Out of this darkness.
Out of this hurt.
Out of this guilt, and blame, and bitterness.
And joy will come.
Joy will come because THAT is who you are.
You were created for joy.
You were created for greatness.
This brokenness will heal.
You are enough...
You have always been enough.
— For the Broken Hearted (unknown Author)
