{"id":1142,"date":"2015-10-14T15:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2015-10-14T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:33:25","slug":"letter-to-a-broken-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/2015\/10\/letter-to-a-broken-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Letter to a Broken Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

I sit in front of my computer. I open my e-mails one by one. I get to my friend “Kiki’s.” Her pain jumps out at me. Her words tired and aching. <\/p>\n

It is a broken heart that writes me this morning. <\/p>\n

So I type my response.<\/p>\n

MY LETTER TO A BROKEN HEART:<\/p>\n

I am so sad that you have been hurt this deeply. This will not necessarily make you feel better now…<\/p>\n

However, in time you will realize that he was never selfless enough to love you in the first place. I, too, struggled with letting go for so long. I look back now and realize it could have been far worse. I could have lived my whole life with someone who never had the true ability to love because he loved himself too much. I had to learn this lesson myself. No one could tell me. No one could talk to me.<\/p>\n

I had to shed all the heartache. I had to fight for love. I had to yell out all the pain. I had to spill the tears. I had to destroy my self-respect. I had to tremble with fear. I had to fight with God. I had to lose myself.<\/p>\n

And then I had to let go. I had to save my heart.<\/p>\n

Love,
\nAnother ‘Broken Heart’
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