How sad it would be to have lived a life without ever experiencing a broken heart.

It’s a pain unlike any other. Neural pathways throb. Limbs ache. Your belief system collapses. You want to understand. You TRY to understand – but, your heart won’t allow it. All you can do is ask ‘why’.

But, it means you loved and were loved – fully, deeply. You offered up your heart, opened it completely, vulnerability splayed. First-time moments forever stenciled onto your soul. Some of them, the most important in your life.

And, that is the greatest gift of all.

How full is the life that feels the pain of love.