Love comes in all shapes and sizes. In the beginning, receiving love and giving love was one of the more simple things in this world. My parents have loved me since day one, and I have continued, and will continue to love them for the rest of my life. Loving them is so easy, but once I finally got the opportunity to choose someone for me to share a deeper love wthan I had ever shared with anyone else, it didn't come so easy.

Being in love is one of the most remarkable and terrifying things a person can feel. Sometimes you feel like you're on a high and the two of you are invincible. But then you hit a low, the lowest of lows, and you wonder if there's a worse feeling than what you are feeling at that very moment.

To my first love, you have taught me more than you could ever imagine. And quite honestly, I hope one day I can love someone as much as I loved you, but here's the twist, I hope they will love me more than you loved me.

A friend once told me “It's not fair to yourself or other people to continually base your decisions right now on things that have happened in the past." Easier said than done, am I right?

The truth is, it's hard to trust people after you've been hurt. It's hard to give the nice guy a chance when all you can think about is how broken you have felt, or still feel, because the person you loved more than anything left you hanging by a thread.

So to all my girly girls with broken hearts, this one's for you.

• Stop stalking his Insta, Twitter and Facebook. Odds are he never looks at yours (a little harsh, sry), and it's not fair for you to be living vicariously through all the girls he has pics with. Oh, and stop posting pics with other guys to make him jealous… he's not jealous.
• Hooking up with multiple guys doesn't take the pain away. We've all been there… trust me. Us girls seem to think that the no-strings-attached hook-up will somehow make us feel more independent and strong as a woman, but let's be honest, I don't think any girl has ever walked away from a hook-up thinking “WOW I feel great about myself!" Respect yourself, and your body.

• Let the nice guy take you on a date. It's hard to finally let someone in again, but a date does not mean commitment. Quit saying no to all the amazing guys that are showing interest in you. It's not their fault that you have a broken heart, so take a chance on them and let them show you how a real man should treat you. If things don't work out, at least you got free food (poor college kid probs).

• You might be single, but take this as an opportunity to get closer with your best friends and your sisters. Go on road trips with your best friends and dance in the rain at 3am. You're young and beautiful! This is one of the only time's you can do stupid stuff with your friends and it's ok. When you're older you will remember the crazy memories you had in college with your BFF's, but I promise you won't remember the night's you sat in your room and sulked because he doesn't love you anymore.

Things happen for a reason, and you might be wondering what you could've done differently or why he didn't love you as much as you loved him, but what's done is done. There's nothing you can do to fix the past or make him love you again, so start doing things for yourself. Stop thinking in the past and stop worrying about the future because he's not worth it.

You are worth so much more than to sit and be sad over what could've been, what should've been or what would've been. Life doesn't wait around for people, it's time for you to start living again.