Heartbreak Whenever I was a junior in high school, I fell completely in love with my best friend. I know this sounds cliché but this experience lead to many lessons. I did not realize another human being could have such an impact on my life. Love is crazy because it is unexpected and smacks you right in the face. I did not realize this person would be my everything for the next two years. I not only learned the true meaning of heartbreak, but the complexities of love and how it can transform the meaning of life itself. With these revelations, I saw how people cope with heartbreak differently, learned various lessons, and was shaped into the person I am today. One aspect of this experience for me was noticing how people cope with their losses
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I am not going to rant about my relationship, but instead, the aftermath. The intimate details do not matter to me anymore. After everything that happened, I felt broken. I felt like nothing in my life was going to be okay again. I became unaware of my surroundings and pushed those who cared about me away. This all happened because one person decided to give up when I did not want to. Even after the horrible exchanges of words that were tossed back and forth, I remained optimistic. However, my optimism did not mean anything to that careless boy. I’d rather walk barefoot across broken glass. Weeks went past until I started letting my friend into my feelings. She has been through this before. Everyone does eventually, it is just a universal thing. How did she seem so fine? I was desperate. I needed to suck up any inch of advice I was offered. I did not understand how one person could leave me, and then all the other people around me who have not are ignored. Actually, I kind of understand. Because I put every thing into this. All my trust. She gave me the great advice on focusing on myself. I needed to love myself. It is easier said than done, though. What I did is fill …show more content…
I was so confident I could do this trick, but out of no where my grip slipped. I extended my arms out to catch myself and ended up scraping up my hands. It hurt a lot. I looked down at the blood on my hands dripping down to stain the pavement. But why give up? It was so easy to get back up and attempt the trick again. This shows me how emotional pain can be harder to deal with than physically pain. I could not just pick myself up and try again. When I actually did pick myself up, I realized what I learned. It taught me to never take anything for granted. Not just with people but anything. Do not take your parents or even a good burger for granted. Okay, maybe you do not have to savor every bite of a burger. But you get what I mean. Anything can disappear in a blink of an eye. I learned that love can be the most powerful force and emotion in the universe. It can make you feel like the happiest person in the world or the weakest . You make sacrifices and put all of your time and energy into this abstract thing. But why? Why do we build a relationship up if we know it is not guaranteed? Because emotions are our natural drugs, literally. Being with the person you love releases a compound called dopamine. Out of these lessons I have learned, the most important thing is that life goes on. You can not change the past, no matter what you do. Unless someone invents a time machine, what is done is done.
I am not going to rant about my relationship, but instead, the aftermath. The intimate details do not matter to me anymore. After everything that happened, I felt broken. I felt like nothing in my life was going to be okay again. I became unaware of my surroundings and pushed those who cared about me away. This all happened because one person decided to give up when I did not want to. Even after the horrible exchanges of words that were tossed back and forth, I remained optimistic. However, my optimism did not mean anything to that careless boy. I’d rather walk barefoot across broken glass. Weeks went past until I started letting my friend into my feelings. She has been through this before. Everyone does eventually, it is just a universal thing. How did she seem so fine? I was desperate. I needed to suck up any inch of advice I was offered. I did not understand how one person could leave me, and then all the other people around me who have not are ignored. Actually, I kind of understand. Because I put every thing into this. All my trust. She gave me the great advice on focusing on myself. I needed to love myself. It is easier said than done, though. What I did is fill …show more content…
I was so confident I could do this trick, but out of no where my grip slipped. I extended my arms out to catch myself and ended up scraping up my hands. It hurt a lot. I looked down at the blood on my hands dripping down to stain the pavement. But why give up? It was so easy to get back up and attempt the trick again. This shows me how emotional pain can be harder to deal with than physically pain. I could not just pick myself up and try again. When I actually did pick myself up, I realized what I learned. It taught me to never take anything for granted. Not just with people but anything. Do not take your parents or even a good burger for granted. Okay, maybe you do not have to savor every bite of a burger. But you get what I mean. Anything can disappear in a blink of an eye. I learned that love can be the most powerful force and emotion in the universe. It can make you feel like the happiest person in the world or the weakest . You make sacrifices and put all of your time and energy into this abstract thing. But why? Why do we build a relationship up if we know it is not guaranteed? Because emotions are our natural drugs, literally. Being with the person you love releases a compound called dopamine. Out of these lessons I have learned, the most important thing is that life goes on. You can not change the past, no matter what you do. Unless someone invents a time machine, what is done is done.