I read a book recently that I could really relate too. The main character was in a car accident, and he later found out that he would never be able to play tennis again, the one thing that he was planning on to pay his way through school. By the end of the book he realizes that there are other things he enjoys besides tennis, and it is a happy ending.
I had a horrible illness that the doctors thought I would never be able to dance again, when a few months after being sent home from the hospital I was dancing again. I know that there are a lot of health tragedies that many people face that don’t always have a happy ending, but there are so many other kinds of tragedies that people face every day. Some people may be judged because they are making a break-up seem like a tragedy, but to that person it could be the biggest tragedy they have had to deal with in their life so far. We all have different tragedies and we all deal with them differently.
Instead of telling others to build a bridge and get over it when they are going through a hard time, maybe we should all realize that they are hurting in a way that is the same as we once have. Every person deals with their emotions differently, if that means laying in bed crying for a day after a friendship ends, then do it. If that is what is going to help you get through your tragedy, who cares.
My health tragedy was probably the biggest tragedy to happen to me, and a breakup or the end of a friendship does not seem so bad to me. But we haven’t all been through crazy health issues, some have only had to deal with that breakup. And I will tell you that, yes, a breakup sucks, and I was hurt after just as I know that so many of you are the same way. But, it is up to you whether you make things a tragedy or not. Because I want to let you all know, that it might seem like a tragedy now but I can guarantee that in a few months or in a few years you will look back and laugh. Until then, deal with your tragedy however you want, because it is your tragedy and the opinion you have of yourself is all that matters in a time like that.
