You dont have to keep punishing yourself for whatever went wrong and however your heart broke.
Its easy to slip into darkness and despair and forget the sound of laughter.
Its easy to forget what happiness feels like, too.
Anders Jildén
Joy is a distant memory, and all you do is go over the past.
I hope you dont feel that way, I really do.
You are so very wrong.
You are allowed to be joyful again.
You are allowed to laugh again.
The sun will shine again.
And you are allowed to be happy again.
Its okay to let yourself embrace happiness.
Its okay to hold hands with joy.
That can never be denied, and embracing happiness doesnt erase what you went through.
But you dont have to sit with your pain all alone.
You dont have to let your wounds stay open and raw.
You dont have to keep punishing yourself for whatever went wrong and however your heart broke.
Youre allowed to be happy again.
Maybe your loss is the kind of loss that you carry with you.
And you know what?
That new normal, its okay.
It doesnt mean you have to eschew happiness, either.
Just because happiness left you once, doesnt mean its not able to find you again.
Youre allowed to feel pain, and youre allowed to feel pleasure you dont have to choose.
Youre allowed to feel happy again.
Youre allowed to feel it all.
