I know this is cliché, but I wanted to start by saying thank you. Thank you for showing me that I deserve more than I was being given. Thank you for bringing me down so that I could see how much strength I had while I was getting back up. Thank you for proving to me that I can be totally okay without you.
By treating me wrong you showed me what I truly deserve, which is so much better than you were willing to give. You forced me to pick myself up time and time again. I was able to grow because of you, and I wouldn't change anything that happened between us because it gave me the opportunity to find my strength.
Seeing your true colors allowed me to discover the type of person I want to be. I do not want to be the person you were to me to anyone else, and you taught me to be better to those who deserve it so that they might not have to feel the hurt I felt. I am better at relationships now because I know the value that they hold in our hearts and I am not willing to lose those who I hold so close.
You showed me how independent I truly am. When you betrayed me, I realized that I did not need you to survive. I can now be a more positive person as your negativity is not surrounding my days. I realized that the world does not stop for one broken heart and you have to see the beauty in the heartbreak because without doing that, you won't survive. It hurts the worst because I did not tell you to leave, you left on your own free will, and I saw that you were long gone before you decided to walk away. You left me alone and I thought that it would totally break me, but the light shines through those cracks and because of you, I know that now.
The funny thing is that out of everything that has happened, I actually forgive you. I forgive you because I know that we are both human, humans make mistakes, and we hurt other people because we are hurt ourselves. We choose to leave because we don't have the strength to face what is right in front of us, and we run to save ourselves.
Most of all, I want you to know that I do not hate you. I don't hate you because without you, I would not be who I am today. I would not be strong, I would not be brave, and I would not believe that I am capable of so much more. So, thank you.
Sincerely,
The girl who can't be broken.
