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This Is How You Use Heartbreak To Find The Love That You Deserve
Heartbreak isn’t something you should be afraid of.
By Nicole Tarkoff
Heartbreak isn’t something you should be afraid of. Heartbreak means you tried. Heartbreak means you did something that not everyone else can do. You let someone in, and you gave them the best of you, you gave them all of you, the good parts, the wild parts, the strange parts, and the parts that you never intended them to see. You gave them your heart and they didn’t have the reaction you wanted, the reaction you hoped for or expected.
They took your trust and they used it against you. They took your vulnerabilities and pretended that they cared. They took your love and never gave enough back. And they took it with them even after they left. They took a part of you that they’ll probably never return, a part of you that you’ll never care to know again. But it’s time you said goodbye. Goodbye to the person you were when you were with them, when they were still around. Goodbye to the person you were before they left, because that’s no longer who you are. You’re no longer his or her girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, partner, you’re no longer their’s, you’re just you.
You’re you and all of the broken pieces of yourself that they left you with, and you can…
