This is a message to those like me. A message with the sole intention of providing comfort and foresight towards your future. Most of us have been in a relationship in the past few years. Some of us have even been lucky enough to be in relationships that helped show us so much about who we are as people.

But with that, most of us also know the heartbreak that comes with watching one of those relationships ends. The torment that fills your mind and soul as that person you’ve invested so much time into fades out of your life. For some of us, it is quick. One minute they are there and you’re holding each other as you gaze up towards the stars that map our futures, and next thing you know it is packing bags and changing Facebook statuses. For others, it happens slowly. One week everything is fine and you kiss their lips as they leave for their nine to five. But one day they stay out a little later, next they stop telling you how they truly feel, and before you know it the truth pours out.

Regardless of how it comes to an end. Most feel what comes with losing someone you were close to. That empty feeling that takes home in the pit of your stomach and the scars left on your mind from their memory.

The late nights of lying in bed and staring at that old photo, the one that used to be in the picture frame on the nightstand. Followed by the several attempts to find information on them through mutual friends.

Yet through all of this time will pass and we will come to understand the nature of our situation. No two people get together without a reason, and they do not break up without one either. Maybe it was toxic, even if you could not see it at first. Maybe passions simply started to fade over time. Maybe something happened that forced the relationship into a position where it no longer worked. Despite the reason for it ending, once the relationship has ended we are forced to adapt to our new lives.

Everyone takes to the single world in their own way. Some dive head first into the fresh potential that is their new found freedom, while others still find themselves un-wanting to enter this new world. Yet at the end of the day, everyone is going to have to accept the new world and figure out how they want to handle it.

Though it may feel as if the world you’ve come to know as home is now nothing more but a painful memory. Remember that you’re not alone. You are not the only person dealing with these feelings. You will push through and accept the new world for what it is! We may all walk our own unique paths but at the end of the day, we all end up in the same cycle. We all share the same world, and we all will continue to move forward in life, love, and future. Keep your head high and know you’re never alone.