A few months back I was hurting really badly over someone. It was a real 'What if things had been different?' scenario and someone said to me:

'When you come back from a holiday and someone asks you how it was, you don't say 'Terrible because it didn't last forever' you say 'It was great but it's over now and I'm looking forward to the next one.' The same is true of relationships, enjoy the happy memories and try not to be too sad that it didn't go on for longer.'

I'd never thought of it in those terms before and it helped.

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