ten things i would go back & tell myself about heartbreak

here's to loving and losing

I jokingly added to my Instagram story that the demon within me made me stay up til 1am to get this one scheduled, but in sincerity, I think this one hits home for a lot of us. The universal journey of heartbreak, romantic and platonic alike.

Here’s to what I’ve learned…

1. Create Distance
   Everything in you will want to cling.
   Respect the boundary; it’s better for you both in the end.

2. Reach Inward
   Come back to your inner fire and warmth.
   Feel into the brilliant, incredible, real things that make you who you are.

3. Find Prayer
   Pray to whatever god you call home.
   Connect to the idea that this is working for your highest good;
   there are still so many people you are yet to meet.

4. Move Your Body
   Your body stores your story.
   Don't let this become a block for future opportunities.
   Move the energy through and out of your system.

   Get down on the mat and move.

5. Learn What Grace Means
   Anger is only as useful as the action you can take.
   Where anger no longer serves, find grace.

   Grace for what you both did not yet know.
   Grace for their inability to help you walk through this alongside them.

6. There Are So Many People Who Love You
   Each and every time you find your heart breaking,
   there are beautiful people all around you eager to help you mend once again.

7. Remember What It Is Like to Love Yourself
   Do you see the thread to where you walked away from yourself and into the dark?

   Find your spark, even if it is subtle, & follow it back out.

8. Create Something Beautiful
   Write a thousand words. Sing loudly in the shower.
   Make art and love and magic.
   Create something from the pain.

   Make it mean something.

9. Learn to Let Go
   The quickest way out is through.

   Feel it all.
   Let it crash over you like a rushing wave.
   Then get up off the bathroom floor, open your hands, and say,
   "If not this, then something better." Say it until you believe it.

10. Be Thankful for Refinement
    When the time comes and you are ready, there will come a moment when it all becomes clear.

    This exact moment is refining you to be exactly who you were meant to be.
    Trust the process.

I would love to know what you would say or if any of these resonated for you <3

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