Today, you don’t feel like getting out of the bed. And it doesn’t
look like you’ll feel like it tomorrow, or the day after. And you know what,
you really wont.
He really was The One, wasn’t he? You spent years of your life on
him, all those years when other guys were hitting on you, but you were just
his, because it was true love, because he was the one you were meant to be
with. And now, he’s gone.
And you’ve tried. You’ve tried playing hardball. You’ve begged. You’ve
promised to go to the end of the world to change yourself and make everything
exactly the way he would want. Just so he would come back. And your world would
be the same again.
But instead here you are. In a world where getting out of
bed is a task. Where the thought of moving even a millimeter without him seems
like something so impossible, something you can’t imagine having ever done on
your own. Alone.
And you begin to question yourself. It must’ve been
something you did. Why else would he leave? You weren’t good enough. It has to
be you.
And you remember all the good times. All the amazing times.
Those memories etched in your brains, never to be found again. And that place
where your heart is, there’s an ache, a dull heavy ache, ebbing away the last
of your energy and will, making you wish everything would just stop. But your
heart does the only thing it knows how, it keeps beating, dully, achingly,
painfully.
But while you stay snuggled in bed, your pillow soaked with tears, just for a moment, try to reach past all those happy memories and
pull out a few of those repressed ones that you refuse to remember. You know,
the one where he shouted at you and said things that no amount of love can
actually justify? The one where he promised to be with you forever, and walked
away the next day. The one where he asked you to change, and refused to do so
himself. The one which you’re too embarrassed to tell even your friends about, because
you know they’ll judge you for still sticking around.
But you know what, there will be a day, months maybe years
from now, when you’ll judge yourself, for sticking around. And that, will be a
good day. But for that day to happen, you need to get up now, get out of bed,
and go on and live your life. YOUR life. The one about YOU, without the need of
another human being in it to make it good. I could say stuff like the right guy is out there,
and you’ll find someone else. And you probably will. But of all the things you
may choose to believe in, please believe in this instead:
If he was the one, you wouldn’t have anything to hide from
your friends.
If he was the one, he wouldn’t have left you here in your
bed, crying, questioning yourself.
If he was the one, he’d never leave you hanging.
If he was the one, he would be here, right now, with you.
I’m not saying relationships are easy, and that you’ll meet
Prince Charming who will just be so perfect in every way, that you’ll live happily
ever after. You will have to work on any relationship. But just how much, is
something you need to decide.
I’ll end by simple words of advice given to me by a dear
friend years ago, way too early for their time. If you don’t wake up every day feeling happy because of who you’re with, because of who you are, then there’s
something really wrong with your relationship.
If you’re hoping to live a life with him, always with the feeling of
hadness, then there’s something very wrong with the relationship.
So get up, get out of bed, and go get through the day.
It will be tough. So will tomorrow, and the day after.
But eventually, it will become easy, and then natural.
And you’ll look back, and judge yourself for staying in bed,
crying, over someone who really wasn’t the one.
And you'll laugh.
Believe me.
Love,
Your Non-Judgemental Friend.
Your Non-Judgemental Friend.
