How to Get Through Thanksgiving Nursing a Broken Heart - Simple Strategies When Missing Your Ex
Thanksgiving is upon you...
they say that holidays are the worst times on earth to bear alone, especially if you're nursing a broken heart.
Here are some simple strategies for staying sane through Thanksgiving and without completely falling apart...
Your relationship is over and you're heartbroken.
One of the worse times to endure alone is Thanksgiving - when everyone is supposed to loudly declare everything in the world they're thankful for.
But it's hard for you to imagine right now because you're in so much pain.
You have the choice to ultimately hide away under your doona all weekend until thanksgiving is over...
or..
..
you can try some other options that can bring you a bit of peace through this heart wrenching time for you.
Instead of focusing on the end of your relationship why don't you turn things around and be thankful for the relationship that you had and the love in your heart that you've experienced just because you've known that human being.
The capacity to love is a truly amazing gift and not something that you should take for granted and is a spiritually uplifting experience.
As they said in the movie Moulin Rouge "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return".
Even if you are no longer together (and it doesn't necessarily have to be a permanent breakup, mind you) it is the most mindblowing experience of all to wake up feeling so alive inside every single day because you're so in love.
Even though you're hurting inside there are no doubt a lot of people in your life - friends and family - who care deeply about you and are supportive of you.
Though you don't have your ex with you right now you have them and even though your heart is aching that is another thing you should be grateful for.
Remember the saying, there's always someone worse off than you? Well, I hate to use the cliche but there is.
Right now there are people including young children rifling through garbage bins for their delicious bacteria infested Thanksgiving dinner..
..
and there are sick and elderly homeless men and women who have nothing but a piece of cardboard for shelter if they're lucky.
If you're after a reality dose of things that you actually do have to be grateful for -- and you don't want to be alone over thanksgiving - then why not go volunteer at a hospital, a homeless shelter, meals on wheels..
..
anywhere you can think of where they'd be super grateful for an extra pair of hands to help them make the unfortunate lives of others a bit better through Thanksgiving.
If you've got some spare change in your bank account then now may be the perfect time to quietly slip away for a night or two to a location you've ALWAYS wanted to visit..
..
eating what you want to eat, watching what you want to watch on TV, going to bed when you want and sleeping in till whenever you feel like getting out of bed.
Got some friends who've been constantly asking you out throughout your gloom period and you have been constantly giving them the cold shoulder? Then why not show them how much you care in return for their nurturing of you through this time by taking them up on their offer and sharing some special time with people who are always there for you.
they say that holidays are the worst times on earth to bear alone, especially if you're nursing a broken heart.
Here are some simple strategies for staying sane through Thanksgiving and without completely falling apart...
Your relationship is over and you're heartbroken.
One of the worse times to endure alone is Thanksgiving - when everyone is supposed to loudly declare everything in the world they're thankful for.
But it's hard for you to imagine right now because you're in so much pain.
You have the choice to ultimately hide away under your doona all weekend until thanksgiving is over...
or..
..
you can try some other options that can bring you a bit of peace through this heart wrenching time for you.
Instead of focusing on the end of your relationship why don't you turn things around and be thankful for the relationship that you had and the love in your heart that you've experienced just because you've known that human being.
The capacity to love is a truly amazing gift and not something that you should take for granted and is a spiritually uplifting experience.
As they said in the movie Moulin Rouge "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return".
Even if you are no longer together (and it doesn't necessarily have to be a permanent breakup, mind you) it is the most mindblowing experience of all to wake up feeling so alive inside every single day because you're so in love.
Even though you're hurting inside there are no doubt a lot of people in your life - friends and family - who care deeply about you and are supportive of you.
Though you don't have your ex with you right now you have them and even though your heart is aching that is another thing you should be grateful for.
Remember the saying, there's always someone worse off than you? Well, I hate to use the cliche but there is.
Right now there are people including young children rifling through garbage bins for their delicious bacteria infested Thanksgiving dinner..
..
and there are sick and elderly homeless men and women who have nothing but a piece of cardboard for shelter if they're lucky.
If you're after a reality dose of things that you actually do have to be grateful for -- and you don't want to be alone over thanksgiving - then why not go volunteer at a hospital, a homeless shelter, meals on wheels..
..
anywhere you can think of where they'd be super grateful for an extra pair of hands to help them make the unfortunate lives of others a bit better through Thanksgiving.
If you've got some spare change in your bank account then now may be the perfect time to quietly slip away for a night or two to a location you've ALWAYS wanted to visit..
..
eating what you want to eat, watching what you want to watch on TV, going to bed when you want and sleeping in till whenever you feel like getting out of bed.
Got some friends who've been constantly asking you out throughout your gloom period and you have been constantly giving them the cold shoulder? Then why not show them how much you care in return for their nurturing of you through this time by taking them up on their offer and sharing some special time with people who are always there for you.
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