I’ve seen this before, but it’s been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn’t need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.
I think the most painful thing is realizing that you care more about someone than they do about you - whether romantic relationship or platonic. It’s a shocking and shattering realization and it hurts. But maybe it’s a wake up call to start seeing things as they are
