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They say that toughening up is the only solution and they don’t care if you have to bully yourself to do it.

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I know you. I know you’re hurting, and that right now, you think you’re not good for much of anything.

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He looked at you and saw what could be. Despite his fears of trying and getting hurt again, he reached out and you let him.

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I’m afraid to care too much so I keep people at arm’s length.

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It makes you feel better and you feel good sharing your thoughts. If it is making you feel more upset or making you think about the person more, then do not cause yourself the extra pain.

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That is the most important thing to remember – you will be okay again, without him.

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I know I say being single is fine and that I’m fine, but on days like this when lovers are out kissing in public and all the T.V. ever plays are romance movies… I remember you.

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It is difficult to move on. It breaks you down in ways you never expected to be broken before. But when this happens, do not fear the rebuilding. Do not lament the pieces of yourself that you have lost, the pieces of yourself that were left over.

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See, for some people, the holidays remind them — of the people who left, of the choices they made over the last year, of the mistakes they walked into. For some people, the holidays remind them that they will have to live another year without their father, without their mother.

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I couldn’t mix the right colors.