I learned that expectations hurt and no matter how laid out plans may be, they don’t always see the light of day. Be grateful for the glimpses that you caught during your journey and remember to always treasure them for time is fleeting and you can never go back.
I learned that love holds no guarantees and relationship requires constant work. Absence does not make the heart grow fonder. It only causes isolation. Isolation causes resentment and there is nothing more depressing than to feel alone in a sea of familiar faces.
People who outgrow you because they no longer need you have no space in your life. In the same light, people who are bystanders in your plight while you trudge on and struggle are not the people who will remain with you and should remain with you.
an apology is not a requirement for forgiveness. forgiveness is not for the person who wronged or hurt you. forgiveness is for your own healing and peace of mind. Closure is not a requirement for moving on.
The art of letting go starts with courage. Courage to pick up the pieces of the once brilliant future you have been planning and waiting for. Those little shards of seemingly painful broken glass pieces that you will use to build your own mosaic. Courage will soon be followed by acceptance and this will take time. Do not force it. It will come. One day you will realize that no matter how painful it was, it is no longer your truth. You have surmounted the valleys and mountains that seemed impossible to traverse and a new day will welcome you with serenity in your heart.
We are all bright stars in the cold bleak night, all little messed up and a little broken but brilliant never the less. stars give off light not to outshine one another, they just do. So shine away… whichever way you want to.
When all else fails and you feel you have lost everything, there is nothing more powerful than hope. hope keeps you alive. Hope will get you through. and more importantly, hope will help you be kind and true to yourself and to the people who have hurt you. Find it in the deep crevices of the darkness that surrounds you. Keep it alive. That little flame will sustain you.
