Love is never supposed to hurt. Love is supposed to heal to be your haven from misery to make living fucking worthwhile.

Yes I understand why things had to happen this way. I understand his reason for causing me pain. But mere understanding does not chase away the hurt. It does not call upon the sun when dark clouds have loomed over me. Let the rain come then if it must come And let it wash away the dust that hurt my eyes

To be rejected by someone doesnt mean you should also reject yourself or that you should think of yourself as a lesser person. It doesnt mean that nobody will ever love you anymore. Remember that only ONE person has rejected you at the moment and it only hurt so much because to you that persons opinion symbolized the opinion of the whole world of God.

Birdie wondered why that so often seemed to be the caseonce you had what you wanted it was a shadow of what youd dreamed it to be.