"Perfectly Imperfect"

"I cannot say why such perfect beginnings sometimes have unhappy endings. some call relationships "perfectly imperfect." That's also life in a nutshell. Love is one of the hardest lessons of life, and one that happens to a lot of people. Just about everyone lucky enough to have a first love knows what it's like. Each in their own context and way. More often than not they all have the same magical beginnings, and the same heart-wrenching endings.

I know how it feels. I know it hurts, but we all need to learn how to live consciously, happily, powerfully, fearlessly, and with a totally different universe view than most people. The foundation of what love is, and practicing it is the only reason for life, which is just a blip compared to the existence you have already had and are yet to have. You are just visiting here! That body isn't even you, and life is just a school. With rules, and grades, and rankings, but you are learning. It's all and only about learning.

The pain love brings is also part of life. It is meant to be experienced. It drives one toward consciousness and love. So be with it. Feel it. Now that it's here, the only way out of it is through it. Use the tools you know work best for you. And purposefully mourn your heartbrokenness. You are powerful. You will come out the other side. Wiser.

And, on a day, with your present lovers hand in yours, you will look back on all of this with fondness, and lessons, and love. But no regret."

A Letter From Dad.