Time to forgive and move on

Monday was my 48th birthday......freakin' 48!!!   Unbelievable,  I still feel and act as though I'm in my early 30s, most days that is.   My birthday always falls during the kids' spring break,  because of this, I've been lucky enough to get to spend a lot of my adult birthdays somewhere warm.  This year, I was blessed by my friend A and asked if I wanted to join her and her daughter on their trip to Ca, of course, I immediately said yes.  So Monday, on my 48th birthday, I boarded a plan to the west coast and decided it was perfect time to learn to love like I've never been hurt.

A friend recommended a book called " Love Like You've Never Been Hurt" by Jantezen Franklin, I,  being the queen of self help books ordered it Prime, right away and wow, am I glad I did.  I opened the book within 10 mins of take off and read, re-read, underlined and meditated on it for the next 3+ hours. 

One passage in particular brought me to tears   as I sat in the middle of two large strange men, my heart was touched by 5 simple sentences;
"We do not like what happened to us. It hurt. It broke our hearts. But the truth is that sometimes the best in you will never be released until the worst has been done to you. And usually it will be done by people whom you have loved, trusted and helped the most."

This cut to the core, I feel as though I am seeing the best in myself as each day passes and with this, I am understanding why not only did the break up have to happen but him finding someone new just days later was essential to my own betterment.  I had to hurt this much to see my own worth.   

Now, it is time to forgive and move on.