This is how you heal.

Take your time to cry. Let it all out because it sucks. Lay on the bathroom floor and feel your soul break and cry until you have nothing left.

Then, get up.

Stop saying it isn’t fair. Life isn’t fair to anybody, and ironically, that’s what makes it fair.

Of course, it isn’t fair that they forgot to love you back. Of course, it isn’t fair that you have a good heart and it got broken.

That’s life.

Stop trying to get revenge. You will never be able to control the things that happen to you, but you can control how you react to them. Have grace, always.

Remember that life isn’t about the punches you throw back at people, but it’s about the punches you can take and still stand.

Stop saying you can’t do this because you know you can. Everything you need to move on is inside of you. It just scares you.

Because maybe that means being alone, finally letting go, starting over, or losing someone you thought you couldn’t live without. That feels impossible. The thought of it makes you sick.

But you have to do it. You know you do.

Besides, what other choice do you have? The world isn’t going to stop turning, life isn’t going to stop moving. Your only option is to pick yourself up and move with it.

That is how you do it.

You are broken but you do not have to stay broken. It’s up to you.

You cannot be strong if you have never felt weak. You become strong by doing the very thing you feel like you can’t do.

If you feel hopeless, read this very carefully. Then, read it again as many times as you need.

As long as you are breathing, your life will never be hopeless.

There will be small moments of every day where just for a moment it feels OK. That is your hope. Hold onto it. You become strong by taking it a day at a time until one day it doesn’t hurt anymore.

Whatever it is you think you need, you don’t. Whatever you think you can’t get through, you will. All the strength you need is in you.

Don’t forget that, ever.