Making Room

Don't Lose Hope

“It’s not about simply forgetting and moving on; that’s never how it works.

That’s not how grief works. That’s not how sadness works. That’s not how disappointment works …

You’ve got to make a little home inside of you for those memories and feelings. Whether you want them there or not, those feelings are part of you now … so you have to make room.

You have to allow yourself to feel them all deeply, and accept that they are a piece of you. You will never be able to force out their intensity, their depth, their persistence.

So let them in instead.

Be vulnerable with yourself and allow yourself to feel every raw emotion entirely. Feel them and accept them, and know that even though they are a part of your yesterday, they do not get to define your tomorrow.” – Nikki Banas

Recovery requires that we…

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