“Love is stupid. I’m never falling in love again. Why put myself through that pain again?”
The majority of us have said this to ourselves at least once in our lives – after a break up or similar situation. As we reflect on where things went wrong, dwell on cruel words and actions, or feel our eyes fill with tears, all we can seem to think is: “I should never have fallen in love.” I realize now just how flawed that logic is. Love doesn’t hurt; love is what helps heal pain and make us feel wonderful about ourselves and about life. Love is the most beautiful thing we have - it offers us the chance to open up to someone and share a piece of ourselves with them, it brings us together, it gives up hope. Love makes life worth living. There are so many instances of love that we forget about when we go through a break up or similar situation. We forget about self-love, love for our family, our friends, our pets, our hobbies, nature... The list goes on. There is so much more to love than just our connection with that one person. We forget all of the beautiful things that love encompasses. We blame having loved for our feelings of loneliness, betrayal, or rejection. Losing someone we loved from our lives hurts – yes, it absolutely does. But we can’t blame love for that pain. We have to acknowledge that love isn’t what is hurting us; rather, it’s those other thoughts and emotions that somehow became muddled with our thoughts of love. At the end of the day we have to realize the abundance of beauty and love that surrounds us and we should be thankful that we were able to experience that closeness with another person – even if it wasn’t meant to last.
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I'm Megan.
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