Saturday, October 17, 2009

Just Breathe

Someone once said, ~Love is giving someone the ability to destroy you but trusting them not to.~ Without a doubt, when it comes to matters of the heart in regards to love/true love you can most definitely allow yourself to experience absolute vulnerability knowing full well that particular person has the power to destroy you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as well. Destroy you in such a way the inner turmoil one goes through leaves you with a tightened sensation within your chest to where its hard for you to even breathe. Yet, even though you may have this overwhelming sense off fear concerning getting hurt by a certain special someone you inevitably put all your trust in him/her leaving you with this sense of peaceful calm you can't explain to the point where the times you continue to spend with him/her you begin to breathe easier and easier.

Let me ask you this question: how many of you have experienced in the past or currently are experiencing a situation in a bad relationship where the guy/girl focused on metaphorically destroying not only your heart, but your overall sense of being? It's a sad situation indeed to know someone or you were that someone who wasn’t shown any kind of love from a once best friend you wholeheartedly trusted to never cause you pain but he/she unfortunately does. Essentially, the negativity coming from him/her gets in all intensive purposes dumped on to your shoulders leaving you to feel the stressful pressure weighing down on you causing difficulty in being able to take in air. However, you no longer feel the stress of negativity weighing your shoulders down as you have met someone who has gradually helped lighten the load, so to speak, off your tired shoulders.

If you think about it, it's impossible to destroy a person's heart because no matter how many times it gets put in the proverbial grinder or gets repeatedly stomped on it's always able to come back from the brink of utter destruction. In a sense, the all out painful beating one takes can leave you emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually beaten/bruised all suffered at the hands of a guy/girl who seemingly doesn't show any kind of mercy. For it's a type of pain that doesn't heal quickly and for a certain number of people they personally know all too well the discomfort of having their own heart tightly bandaged due to the senseless brutality of someone who just doesn't care. Let me tell you something ladies and gentlemen, bruises heal and the pain will go away as time goes along with the right guy/girl by your side heals all wounds.

For the question can be asked to those who are still standing after nearly getting destroyed in a past relationship by a guy/girl who wanted nothing more than to see you break, who/what has helped you through it all? Friends, family, shedding of tears, smiling, laughter, praying to God, reading His word, etc. are just some of the things that initially help not just ease the pain of heartbreak but it helps make every breath you take easier to breathe in each and every day. What it comes down to is having supportive people that have your back no matter what and will stand in front of you if need be to take the brunt of the beat downs. You see, it's the people who genuinely and honestly care about you, along with The Almighty God, that don't have intentions to seek and destroy but instead have intentions to seek with comforting, caring love, whereby giving you more room to breathe easier as times go by.

In retrospect, there are people out there who allowed themselves to be truly vulnerable and have ended up with their heart destroyed causing their views on love/true love to be destroyed also. For some people, they refuse to take off the tight bandage around their heart causing difficulties in breathing to where their hopes of ever experiencing true happiness never happen while others have made the decision to take off the bandage around their heart as they slowly but surely breathe in and out. It's a painful process but by enduring the pain you eventually let go of the fear, doubt, and negative people weighing down on you giving you the chance to live the life you always wanted with someone who loves/cares for you with all his/her heart. In the end, when the weight of the world is off your shoulders and experience for yourself true happiness you're absolutely deserving of with a smile on your face you can finally just breathe, which is a song by former Rockstar Supernova contestant Ryan Star that somewhat reflects this thought.