Overtaken Not Broken

It’s okay to be weak, to not have things figured out, to be so lost you can’t make heads or tails of anything.

No one has it all together, or can say they have the answer to everything.

It’s not shameful to want to curl up in a ball and shut the world out.

There will be moments, several of them, that would catch you by surprise, revelations that could knock you off your feet, and truths you’ll have a hard time wrapping your mind around.

Don’t ever feel the need to face everything head-on right away.

Allow yourself to pause, to let the barage of soul-crushing pain, disappointment, and puzzlement overtake you.

Feel their weight against your back, the way they cause your knees to buckle, your breath to catch, and your heart to constrict and tighten within your chest as though it would break but wouldn’t.

Oh how you’d wish it would just shatter so you could pick up the pieces and start over!

Embrace them all.

Let them sweep through you like a hurricane, run you over like a tidal wave, and throw you around like a tornado.

Put on a sad song, allow the utter helplessness to saturate you, and cry yourself to sleep.

And then get over it.