Dealing with a break-up is never easy.
As much as you don’t want to dwell on the hurt and pain, you can’t just snap your fingers and “shake it off”. Or try to get over someone by getting under a different someone. That makes things even more complicated especially when you don’t deal with the hurt first.
There is no shortcut to moving on.
If it was a significant relationship, you must honour the bond that once was and give yourself time to grieve the love lost. You need to process everything that happened and feel it all in order to free the emotions so that they no longer have power over you.
This is the time to put yourself first. Focus on you: your needs, your wellbeing (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual), your happiness. This is an extraordinary opportunity for growth so don’t squander it. Spend the time getting reacquainted with yourself again. Do what you love. Indulge in what makes your heart sing. And let yourself cry when you really must.
You can’t rush the process.
Even the most patient, well-intentioned friends may not be able to pull you out of your funk until you decide you are ready for a change.
If you’re still struggling to get over your ex, we hope the following quotes will inspire and empower you to let go and move on to the next happy chapter of your life.
- “We must be willing to let go of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
- “Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy. – Unknown
- “Sometimes wrong helps us find the right.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “Break-ups hurt, but losing someone who doesn’t respect and appreciate you is actually a gain, not a loss.” – Unknown
- “I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT… Goodbye.” – Steve Maraboli
- “If he’s stupid enough to walk away; be smart enough to let him go.” – Unknown
- “Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” ― Dalai Lama
- “Never love anybody that treats you like you’re ordinary.” – Oscar Wilde
- “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” – Unknown
- “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ― Helen Keller
- “Some people think that it’s holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s letting go.” — Unknown
- “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Bob Marley
- “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
- “Never run for a bus, train, or man. When one leaves another arrives.” – Unknown
- “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” – Paulo Coelho
- “You are one heartbreak closer to being with the person you are meant to be with.” – Unknown
- “Get up, dress up, show up, and never give up.” – Genevieve Rhode
- “Sometimes the best revenge is to smile and move on.” – Unknown
- “Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.” – Rae Smith
- “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” ― J. K. Rowling
- “If you have to speculate if someone loves you and wants to be with you, chances are they don’t. It’s not that complicated. Love, in most cases, betrays the one feeling it. Don’t waste moments waiting and wondering. Don’t throw away your time dreaming of someone that doesn’t want you. No one is that amazing, certainly not the one who would pass you up.” – Donna Lynn Hope
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