Heartbreak is unpreventable; the natural outcome of caring for people and things over which we have no control, of holding in our affections those who inevitably move beyond our line of sight.
Heartbreak occurs in ways both giant and tiny. As it is inevitable,
so it must be embraced. 'Tis a difficult, and necessary, part of being fully human.
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Sitting with a friend contemplating how to break up with her current significant other ... and then I read this. If you never risk, you cannot feel deeply ... but deep feelings can also hurt. Ah...
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