Growth

"They say that when you love someone you give them pieces of yourself without even realizing it. And when they leave they take these pieces with them. That is why there is so much emptiness in eyes that once could light up the whole room. They forget that we are human beings, and every day we try to mend ourselves, to grow. I don't need those pieces of myself, I have more. You can keep them."

Some days are harder than others. Some days are filled with more loneliness. Some days for no reason at all you pop into my head. I hate those days. But I know there are better days awaiting me, ones with more happiness, freedom, love, and courage. Those days are so wonderful that in the great scheme of things, I will forget about the days I felt lonely while missing you.

Growth can be such a beautifully painful thing. You keep telling yourself that things fall apart so greater things can come together, one door closes so another can open, all those cliche quotes you've heard all your life. No one is really brave enough to talk about the struggle. The struggle of keeping yourself together while your whole world is falling apart. The struggle of reinventing yourself, reinventing your reality, your world. Knowing things are for the best doesn't make them any easier to deal with. So stop kidding yourself. This hurts, life hurts, love hurts. But the fact that you are going through this makes you realize all you are truly capable of. You are strong, you are smart, you are resilient, and you will be okay.