In moments of bleak, try to smile.
Find a different angle, perhaps you can even find humor.
In true misery, you may first have to roar with anger, or wail in grief, but that's okay to feel.
Breathe, plan, act, and find your way through with love because there is still life, real life, on the other side of pain.
You may believe in painful times that you are broken and cannot be rebuilt the same way, but remember,
you will not be the same, but you can be better than before because of the experience you've gained,
even more beautiful in other ways than you've been in the past.
Pain only indicates the need for change, and you can truly be more, not just like before.
© Keith Tully