It's Supposed to Be Painful

“I don’t know why I felt like this was a revelation, but after a few months, I suddenly realized that part of my suffering was frustration that I wasn’t already over it. It’s supposed to hurt. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that you should be grateful to have loved someone so much that it hurts so horrifically… but accepting the pain is a lot more palatable than white knuckling it.”