Today is not a day to look back and mourn what has been lost. It doesn’t matter what you thought you had. Yesterday, last week and even five years ago are all in the past. Today is about looking forward to what you can and will achieve on your own. It is not about sadness over the life that you believe you have lost. It is about celebrating the life that you are building, the new path that you have chosen for your future, and everything that will unfold before you.
Your past has proven to be a good teacher. You now know that you have the capacity to love and to be loved. You know that your heart is strong enough to overcome even your instinct for self-preservation because you have put someone else’s needs and happiness above your own. And you now understand that finding the right person, your better half, and the one who can touch your soul with just a smile is worth all of the searching and pain that you might endure finding that one perfect mate.
Be proud of who you are, what you have achieved, and the lessons that you have learned. Carry only the good forward with you into your new life as anger and hurt are a heavy burden to carry. And know that happiness can be found in solitude, as well as with a partner because it comes from within yourself, not from another.
Yes, happiness comes from within you. Yes, life is the perfect teacher and everything that life gives us, there are lessons in it and lots of love too. Many of us grow strength from our trials and use that strength to survive the odds. Our past should be a tool to use when necessary or a guide into the future. We have the power to create our own happiness. Many of us have and manage to keep it flowing. Lovely piece.