emotional wounds

We just have to feel what we feel

For the whole of last year, I felt trapped. Trapped in a cycle of regret, hope, and despair. I had clung to an idea of how both the other person and I—and our relationship—should be, and what I absolutely “needed.” And clinging to this idea of “perfect” didn’t really allow me to see or feel things as they are in their entirety.

Then, a dear friend shared a song with me that let me take a deep breath and allowed the tears to flow in a different way: “You Don’t Need to Be Perfect” by Nash Blackwood. read more