The Beauty of a Broken Heart

When most people think of a broken heart, they think of something shattered and ugly and just downright scary. I know personally speaking, it is something I never could quite wrap my head (or my heart) around. The definition of a broken heart is "devastating sorrow and despair". Wow. Not something you can really go to the doctors for either, right?

So why, why why why do we continue to invest and weather the stormy unpredictable seas of love if we are just to end up in sorrow and despair? Is it because we are hopeful that this time...this one...will be different? Or maybe it is because we were created on a beautiful amazing foundation of love?

From my perspective, I will tell you a broken heart can happen with great love, with our children, with our family, and with our friends. There is no love like the unrequited love though. The love that knows no boundaries, no conditions, no judgement...just an endless hope that someday somehow it will all work out just right.

I rarely reflect on my own such experiences, especially this one. My heart is currently in a condition that requires much healing, much prayer, much understanding but most of all, it still requires much LOVE. I still believe in love and I still believe in forever. And as I listen to the cliches from friends "time heals all wounds" and "this too shall pass" and blah blah blah...I have no regrets, only memories and smiles and a beautifully broken heart.

Once you have felt that pain of the loss of your love, you heart will feel broken, and dead. It will feel empty, but always know that every heartbreak you have only means you're a step closer to your real love - Salma Rodriguez