One day that pain will be a mere memory never a definition

You are not bound by the things of this world—by the way you look, the choices you make, the moments you go through.⠀
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This life is fleeting, so we cannot be forever tied to these short slivers in time, and especially not to the days that buried us, to the brokenness that temporarily weighed down our hearts.⠀
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Pain is a part of being human. Like breathing, like thinking we will face it inevitably, and as much as we try to build ourselves up, keep our chests beating strong and our heads held high, we will crumble from time to time. We will lose our spark. We will wander aimlessly through our days, struggling to find purpose, and passion, and patience.⠀
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But the pain that we experience will not last forever. Though it might cause chaos in our hearts, it will not make a permanent home.⠀
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The heartbreak, the loneliness, the bitterness, the exhaustion—those things are temporary, even when it feels like they are all we know. One day we will steady our breathing, find our footing and step forward again. One day the heaviness will lift and we’ll look up at the sky with a renewed sense of self. One day we won’t think of what we no longer have first, but be filled and encouraged by all that we possess, all that is within us.⠀

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We must remember the truth about pain it is not who we are. We are not the times we’ve fallen, the failures, the tough days. We are infinitely more.