I normally don't even give a second thought to the faux-motivational photos and memes that show up constantly on my Facebook timeline. Between the various "Keep Calm And..." and Dos Equis guy pics I've developed a sixth sense to completely tune them out. The one above managed to catch my eye however.
Friday afternoon someone at work mentioned an ex-girlfriend who I hadn't thought about in awhile. Someone who at one point I thought I'd never be able to go on without. Sure, mentioning her name brought back memories, but mostly it just made me smile. Fast forward a few hours later and I was searching the internet looking for another ex. Not with any desire to get in touch, but just to make sure she's still out there. She's another one who for a long, long time I thought my life would be totally empty without and I'd never be able love anyone again. All the while that was going on I was worrying myself sick about someone (HI! - i know you'll read this) who's never even been current status, much less ex. Someone who I care deeply about, but have spent entirely too much of the last year and a half consumed by. Convinced she's the only person I want and the only one for me. Simple mathematics proves when you've had 3 people who were the "only 1", likely none of them were.
What does all this mean and how does it relate to the photo above? I've survived. I'll keep surviving. Sometimes life sucks, but everything I've ever been through that I thought would kill me, or leave me completely cold, or leave me sad and alone...I've made it through a better person and ready to experience the next thing that comes my way. Even if that next thing eventually leaves me feeling the same way I've felt before, I know I'll keep living and shit.