"To the Hearts That Have Been Broken"
If your heart has ever cracked open…
please, don’t rush to hide it.
The fractures don’t make you any less worthy —
they simply mean you once loved deeply,
once trusted fully,
and were brave enough to feel life with all your softness.
There are wounds no one sees,
like a leaf falling in the quiet of night —
silent, unnoticed,
and yet still part of the season.
You, too, are a part of this world,
even if you’ve fallen,
even if you’ve been broken more than once.
Don’t blame yourself for feeling too much,
for holding on, for believing, for hoping.
It is that very tenderness
that makes your heart beautiful —
not in a way that demands to be explained,
but in a way that longs only to be seen with kindness.
If today feels heavy,
let yourself rest.
Not everyone is strong every day.
Some afternoons need nothing more
than a quiet cup of tea
and a space where no one asks you to be okay.
And that, too, is healing.
You don’t have to pretend.
Be sad, if sadness is here.
Cry, if your tears are waiting.
You are not weak —
you are just real,
and real hearts feel everything before they heal.
And you know…
those who’ve been broken often become the gentlest souls —
because they’ve tasted sorrow,
and from it, learned how to be a safe place for others.
So stay.
The world still needs you.
Even if you’re not whole yet,
you — in the way you continue to move forward —
are already something beautiful.
