11/3/2023  ||  5:36 PM

When we’re in the midst of pain

It can seem like the most unbearable thing in the world

We feel hopeless

Wanting so badly to escape

Wanting nothing more than for things to go back to how they used to be

When we were happy

When we felt ok

We can't see how there could possibly be anything better

Than finally grasping the dreams we desire in that moment

Finally “reaching” or “obtaining” those things we’ve hoped for and romanticized for so long

Can you remember being younger?

How there were certain things you would’ve never dreamed

Of not loving anymore

Of letting go of

Of being ok without

Now those things don’t even appeal to you

You grew up

Your knowledge was expanded