*Originally published on Thought Catalog. Because of my loneliness, I met you. I couldn’t bear the deafening sound of my own heart breaking, so I looked to you to cover my ears. I looked to you to silence the pain I had been carrying for so long, and I had hoped it would be you that would make it all go away. The only thing that went away because of your presence in my life was me. Because of my loneliness, I lost myself in you. I was never used to being on my own. I had live

Originally Published on Thought Catalog. Every day you wake up and seem to face endless new challenges. Every time it seems like you are finally getting a handle on things, you lose your grip. We all work so hard to keep it together that we often don’t realize that “keeping it together” is what is tearing us apart. The more time we spend trying to catch up, the further we seem to fall behind. And the farther we fall, the harder it becomes to see the way out. There is always a