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The importance of

love from our friends

There’s one thing about breakups: nearly

everybody has been through one, which

means that chances are your friends will

be rushing to support you through your

heartache. Let them. Focus on this offering

of support and see how surrounded you are

by love and acceptance. Shared hardship can

help cement lasting bonds between friends.

How to love and

appreciate nature

Long walks helped me a lot after my breakup. It

was there on the coast—the sky before me a fresh

page, each cloud a letter—that I realized I could

write myself a new life. It highlighted how small my

grievances were on a grand scale, but it also struck

me how strong a force love could be if nurtured in the

right way. Nature can really help our mental health

during times when we’re struggling. E. O. Wilson calls

this connection to nature “biophilia” or “a love of life.”

Use your new solitary status to quietly reflect on the

world around you and fall in love with its natural

state.

How to love yourself

“Do not expect to receive the love from

someone else you do not give yourself... The

light of love is always in us, no matter how

cold the flame.”—Bell Hooks

We can deal with rejection in two ways. We

can see it as an assertion of all the negative

thoughts and insecurities we have about

ourselves and self-destruct, or we can use it

as an opportunity to regenerate. When we

take responsibility for what went wrong in a

relationship and deal with its consequences

without blaming ourselves too harshly, we

realize how we can adapt, change and grow.

This is where true self-love will blossom.

reakups are tough, and when it wasn’t your decision it’s easy to let the hurt and rejection embitter you

against love itself. However, love comes in many forms, and it helps to remind ourselves that romantic love,

while perhaps the most intoxicating, is just one type that we encounter in our lives. Sometimes a breakup

itself can be what opens the door to these other types of love and brings them to our attention.

How to support other

people when they need

Learn the lessons that heartbreak has to

teach and let them shape you in a positive

way. The next time a friend or relative

suffers the same thing, you can truly

empathize and offer meaningful advice.

Things We Can Learn About

Love from a BREAKUP

Transform the Way You See the World After Rejection

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