We'reOkay

About two or three months ago, a friend of mine was going through a break-up.  They were a cute couple, and she was my close friend, he, my ex's best friend. She was devastated but, she no longer wanted to be in a relationship in which she felt limited. I gave her the best advice I could one night, sighting lessons from my own relationship, one that had not yet ended. I sent a list of ways to cope, move on, forgive herself. It has been an entire month since I parted ways with my ex. A MONTH. Where has the time gone. I feel a little stronger everyday. I am learning to lean and to lean deep into what is going on around me. Last night, I was going through my phone and I found the list. And there it was: cogent, genuine lessons from right inside me. I did not know how refreshing it was to know that there was truth within, however limited it may feel now. Today, I'm sharing that list with you. I hope it helps you through any trial you may be facing. Please share your opinions

In life, I have come to realize that there are no answers or certainty involved in 90% of the interactions we have.  We wake up and we have ABSOLUTELY no idea what to expect. We can pray, we can hope, we can plan, we can dream for whatever it is we want, but in actuality we have blindfolds on, and we have no idea what is around the bend. We can of course use our histories and our pasts to make informed decisions on what to do or not do, or on how to proceed next, but those too are nothing more than educated guesses. Recently, after a two year long relationship and a subsequent engagement, I found myself single. My partner and I loved and fought, hard. In the dissolution of everything, so many feelings of inadequacy, disbelief, resentment and heartache took hold of me. They still do. I have mood swings which take me from content to depressed in a matter of minutes. It is hard to make sense of much of what I am feeling right now, much to my own chagrin. Last night, I opened my comp