healing.

Life will punch you in the chest when you least expect it.
Hard.
It's going to hurt like hell.
At one point, it's going to hurt so fucking bad you're going to question the purpose of everything you've ever known and you might even lose your grip, slip, and fall.
And it's going to hurt.
There is no escaping this fact.
But, in the depth of this pain, there is something so profound, so fundamental.
It will move the very ground you walk upon.
It will shake the earth.
You will never be the same.
The world will never be the same.
You'll learn to live with the pain and it will heal you.
The very pain you're shying away from is what, in the end, will be the light at the end of the tunnel.
You need this pain, you will find your purpose.
When you see it coming, open your eyes and your arms and your heart wide and welcome it.
Let it transform you and it will change the world with every single step you take from this moment on.

-Rachel Brathen