Letters to Charles II
Charles,
Having your heart broken is probably the thing most teenagers, both boys and girls, fear. Yes, heartache is definitely not the most pleasant thing in the world but you can get over it. In life you will have your heart broken more than once. I don't say so, statistics does.
You had your first heartbreak the other day, and believe me, I felt for you.
Some years ago, I am not sure if it was in that Sunscreen Song of Baz Luhrman, but the line went something like this:
"Don't break people's hearts and don't put up with those who break yours."
The miracle about being human is this: You always have a choice. You have the choice whether or not you are going to put yourself in the situation where you may suffer heartbreak. You have the choice, when you see the warning signs, to ditch or to stick around. And if you stick around and the heartbreak comes, you have the choice as to how you are going to react to it.
The important thing about heartbreaks are that you shouldn't become a bitter and cynical person. Always remember that the glass is a certain percentage full. I believe that it was Solomon in the book of Proverbs who said that above all, we should protect our hearts. That means that we must be careful what we do with it, and even more so, what we think in our hearts.
Bitterness sets in very quickly if you don't consciously guard against it. If ever you want to see what bitterness could do to a person mentally and physically, ask me to tell you about my uncle. Bitterness led to his downfall. He is now an ill man, entirely trapped in his own mind, incapable of sharing his thoughts, his person, with anybody.
Because of heartbreak.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." So, don't be afraid of heartbreak. Accept that you will have to deal with it - sometime or the other. Either it will be by speaking and relating to people who also had heartbreaks, which sometimes means swallowing your pride, or like my uncle, whose life had become a long, dark tea-time of the soul.
Until next time, watch out.
Mr. v.d. M
Having your heart broken is probably the thing most teenagers, both boys and girls, fear. Yes, heartache is definitely not the most pleasant thing in the world but you can get over it. In life you will have your heart broken more than once. I don't say so, statistics does.
You had your first heartbreak the other day, and believe me, I felt for you.
Some years ago, I am not sure if it was in that Sunscreen Song of Baz Luhrman, but the line went something like this:
"Don't break people's hearts and don't put up with those who break yours."
The miracle about being human is this: You always have a choice. You have the choice whether or not you are going to put yourself in the situation where you may suffer heartbreak. You have the choice, when you see the warning signs, to ditch or to stick around. And if you stick around and the heartbreak comes, you have the choice as to how you are going to react to it.
The important thing about heartbreaks are that you shouldn't become a bitter and cynical person. Always remember that the glass is a certain percentage full. I believe that it was Solomon in the book of Proverbs who said that above all, we should protect our hearts. That means that we must be careful what we do with it, and even more so, what we think in our hearts.
Bitterness sets in very quickly if you don't consciously guard against it. If ever you want to see what bitterness could do to a person mentally and physically, ask me to tell you about my uncle. Bitterness led to his downfall. He is now an ill man, entirely trapped in his own mind, incapable of sharing his thoughts, his person, with anybody.
Because of heartbreak.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." So, don't be afraid of heartbreak. Accept that you will have to deal with it - sometime or the other. Either it will be by speaking and relating to people who also had heartbreaks, which sometimes means swallowing your pride, or like my uncle, whose life had become a long, dark tea-time of the soul.
Until next time, watch out.
Mr. v.d. M
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